Quality of life issues in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: a review
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Quality of life issues in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: a review.
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been an essential treatment option for treating prostate cancer (PCa). The role for hormonal treatment initially was restricted to men with metastatic and inoperable, locally advanced disease. Now it has been extended to neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for surgery and radiotherapy, for biochemical relapse after surgery or radiation, and even as primary the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Andrology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1008-682X,1745-7262
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.108