Sertraline relieves hot flashes secondary to medical castration as treatment of advanced prostate cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-132

  Roth, Andrew J ^a,b   Scher, Howard I ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; FLUTAMIDE; LEUPRORELIN; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD; PROSTATE CANCER;

1-NAPHTHYLAMINE; AGED; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031970158     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199803/04)7:2<129::AID-PON294>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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