Androgen deprivation therapy-associated vasomotor symptoms

Androgen deprivation therapy-associated vasomotor symptoms.

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is widely used as standard therapy in the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. While efficacious, ADT is associated with multiple side effects, including decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, diabetes, loss of muscle tone and altered body composition, osteoporosis, lipid changes, memory loss, gynecomastia and hot flashes. The breadth...

Cardiovascular risk associated with androgen deprivation therapy.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States.[1] Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment for prostate cancer. ADT includes gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists (leuprolide, goserelin, triptorelin), bilateral orchiectomy, and anti-androgen receptor blockers such as flutamide and bicalutamide. Several studies have no...

Androgen deprivation therapy.

© TouCh MEdiCal MEdia 2014 This review describes strategies for producing castrate levels of testosterone in men with androgen-sensitive prostate cancer (PC) and the associated toxicities, with particular focus on the re-emergence and potential benefits of parenteral estrogen. In the developed world, PC is the commonest malignancy and second commonest cause of cancer death affecting men. Its in...

Androgen deprivation therapy complications.

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is increasingly used to treat advanced prostate cancer and is also utilised as adjuvant or neo-adjuvant treatment for high-risk disease. The resulting suppression of endogenous testosterone production has deleterious effects on quality of life, including hot flushes, reduced mood and cognition and diminished sexual function. Cross-sectional and longitudinal st...

androgen deprivation therapy and cardiovascular risk