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Turning conventional wisdom upside‐down
Author(s) -
Morgentaler Abraham
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25975
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , testosterone (patch) , gaze , prostate , cancer , oncology , gynecology , psychoanalysis , psychology
A revolution in traditional oncological concepts has shifted our gaze from high serum testosterone to low testosterone as a potential predictor of high‐risk prostate cancer. The results of a study by Salonia et al add to a growing literature indicating that preoperative low serum T increases the likelihood of high‐risk prostate cancer.