Hypogonadism in young men treated for cancer
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Hypogonadism in young men treated for cancer.
An ever-increasing proportion of young males treated for cancer are cured. Therefore, one of the major challenges of modern Clinical Oncology is to ensure good quality of life. Cancer disease per se as well as cancer treatment may have a negative impact on androgen production, thereby leading to subclinical or clinically overt hypogonadism. Since the symptoms of androgen deficiency are rather u...
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عنوان ژورنال: HORMONES
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1109-3099
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1650