70 percent of prostate cancer patients on ADT gain significant weight in first year

Friday, March 11, 2011 - 09:51 in Health & Medicine

Seventy per cent of men who received androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) after surgery to remove their prostate gland gained significant weight in the first year, putting on an average of 4.2kg, according to a paper in the March issue of the urology journal BJUI.

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