Reply: Hepatic Complications of Androgen Therapy
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(19)31541-0