Preliminary study with bicalutamide in heterosexual and homosexual patients with prostate cancer: A possible implication of androgens in male homosexual arousal

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Motofei, Ion G ^a   Rowland, David L ^b   Popa, Florian ^a   Kreienkamp, Drew ^b   Paunica, Stana ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

androgens; bicalutamide; duality; estrogens; heterosexual; homosexual

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BICALUTAMIDE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONOTHERAPY; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANILIDES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959305309     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09764.x     Document Type: Article

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