Low serum testosterone is a predictor of high-grade disease in patients with prostate cancer

Low serum testosterone is a predictor of high-grade disease in patients with prostate cancer

Summary Objective: To evaluate the relation between serum total testosterone (TT) and prostate cancer (PCa) grade and the effect of race and demographic characteristics on such association. Method: We analyzed 695 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), of whom 423 had serum TT collected....

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Main Authors: George A. M. Lins de Albuquerque, Giuliano B. Guglielmetti, João Arthur B. A. Barbosa, José Pontes Jr., Arnaldo J. C. Fazoli, Maurício D. Cordeiro, Rafael F. Coelho, Paulo Afonso de Carvalho, Fábio P. Gallucci, Guilherme P. Padovani, Rubens Park, José Cury, Henrique Nonemacher, Miguel Srougi, William C. Nahas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
prostate cancer
hypogonadism
testosterone
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