Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk for fatal heart attack
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 13:40
in Health & Medicine
Long term follow up of a randomized clinical trial that compared ADT and radiation therapy (RT) to RT alone finds that men with significant comorbidity; most commonly prior heart attack, who received ADT died earlier, due to a fatal heart attack, compared to men who did not receive ADT.