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Testosterone replacement therapy after prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Coward Robert M.,
Carson Culley C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.178
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , testosterone (patch) , dilemma , testosterone replacement , medicine , prostate , safer , androgen , cancer , oncology , computer science , hormone , philosophy , computer security , epistemology
Recent evidence suggests that testosterone replacement therapy after prostate cancer treatment may be safer than previously thought. The authors review the basis for the common dilemma as to how to approach the treatment of testosterone deficiency after successful treatment for prostate cancer, and explain how the paradigm is shifting as our knowledge of androgen physiology grows. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Interface Ltd