Levels of sex hormones have limited effect on cognition in older men with or without prostate cancer

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-175

  Alibhai, S M H ^a,b,c,d   Mahmoud, S ^a   Hussain, F ^a   Naglie, G ^a,b,c,d   Tannock, I ^a,c,d   Tomlinson, G ^a,d   Fleshner, N ^a,d   Krahn, M ^a,c,d   Warde, P ^a,c   Klotz, L ^d   Breunis, H ^a   Leach, M ^a   Canning, S Duff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Androgens; Cognition; Estrogen; Males

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73749087957     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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