The Prevalence of Cardiac Risk Factors in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy in British Columbia, Canada

Background. While androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) reduces the risk of prostate cancer-specific mortality in high-risk localized prostate cancer, it adversely affects cardiovascular (CV) risk factor profiles in treated men. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 100 consecutive men wit...

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Main Authors: Margot K. Davis, Jennifer L. Rajala, Scott Tyldesley, Tom Pickles, Sean A. Virani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/820403