Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease in Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

E. Kintzel, Polly; L. Chase, Sandra; Schultz, Lisa; J. O’Rourke, Timothy

doi:10.1592/phco.28.12.1511

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Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease in Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

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Authors:

Polly E. Kintzel

Sandra L. Chase

Lisa Schultz

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis and second leading cause of cancer-related mortality for men in the United States. Due to the increased prevalence of prostate cancer in men older than 50 years, men at risk for prostate cancer represent the same population of men who are at greatest r...

Subject

Androgen deprivation therapy

Medicine

Prostate cancer

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