Age Alone Should Not Be Used To Determine Whether To Treat Prostate Cancer With Hormones, Research Suggests
Monday, September 29, 2008 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
Concerns regarding the association of hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer with cardiovascular disease in some older men may lead doctors to forgo hormone treatment solely on the basis of age. But a new study shows that men over age 70 with high-risk prostate cancer lived longer and experienced increases in PSA less frequently when treated with long-term androgen deprivation therapy.
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