Androgen deprivation therapy: Minimizing exposure and mitigating side effects

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1088-1096

  Gaztañaga, Miren ^a   Crook, Juanita ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; DENOSUMAB; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METFORMIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ANEMIA; BONE DENSITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; GLEASON SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84866554437     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0115     Document Type: Review

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