Androgen deprivation therapy, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular mortality: An inconvenient truth

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 534-539

  Basaria, Shehzad ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen deprivation; Cardiovascular mortality; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; BICALUTAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY FAT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONG TERM CARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52949100543     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.005454     Document Type: Review

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