Key sentence from the paper: “Patients who received ADT with salvage radiotherapy were significantly more likely to be clinically or biochemically progression free 5 years after treatment than those who had radiotherapy alone, and they did not experience additional late adverse events: 5 year [progression-free survival] was 80% for radiotherapy plus ADT group and 62% in the radiotherapy alone group.”
Read MoreHow is the cardiovascular disease a risk for Asian Men on ADT?
Key sentence from the paper: “Chinese men appeared to have increased cardiac risk after ADT [compared to Caucasian men] while this was not observed in Japanese men.”
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Is the cardiovascular disease risk from ADT comparable for Caucasian and African men?
Key sentence from the paper: “…ADT results in elevated total cholesterol, [low density lipoprotein], cholesterol, [body mass index], and waits circumference values, which are all strong risk factors for [cardiovascular disease].”
Read MoreCan statins aid in the survival of prostate cancer patients?
Key sentence from the paper: “… statins may reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression, possibly in interaction with ADT use.”
Read MoreYet, another paper on the theme of exercise
Key sentence from the paper: “[T]he first 6 months of [ADT] treatment seem to hold an additional risk of new cardiovascular events from patients with already existing cardiovascular disease.”
Read MoreWhat effect does exercise have on the muscles of men on ADT?
Key sentence from the paper: “This is the first study to evaluate the effect of strength training on mitochondrial proteins and indicators of muscle cellular stress in PCa patients on ADT. Contrary to our expectations, no effect of the intervention was observed in the levels of mitochondrial proteins…[or other]…proteins.”
Read MoreA succinct status report on ADT
Key sentence from the paper: “…ADT plus radiation therapy should be used in patients at high risk, intermittent ADT is more appropriate for most patients than continuous ADT, and docetaxel should be given with ADT for high-volume metastatic disease.”
Read MoreDo all hormonal therapies for prostate cancer increase the risk of a stroke?
Key sentence from the paper: “The incidence of stroke in ADT users was 12% higher than [for] control groups.”
Read MoreDoes ADT with drugs or surgery have the same results?
Key sentence from the paper: “…[I]nsulin resistance and hemoglobin were worse in the group that used LHRH analogs, which was mainly diabetic patients.”
Read MoreWhose physical fitness declines most with ADT?
Key sentence from the paper: “Greater declines in physical functioning were associated with less exercise at baseline; declines in physical functioning were not associated with disease infiltration, age, BMI, and concurrent radiotherapy.”
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