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The Effects of Chlorotrianisene (Tace) on Kinetics of 3H‐testosterone Metabolism in Patients with Carcinoma of the Prostate
Author(s) -
BABA S.,
JANETSCHEK G.,
POLLOW K.,
HAHN K.,
JACOBI G. H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1982.tb08952.x
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , medicine , endocrinology , prolactin , radioimmunoassay , hormone , follicle stimulating hormone , metabolism , luteinizing hormone , chemistry
Summary— Alterations in the metabolism of testosterone and plasma levels of testosterone, luteinising hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin and oestradiol were studied in 6 patients with newly diagnosed prostatic carcinoma before and during treatment with chlorotrianisene at a daily dosage of 48 mg for 14 days. Parameters of plasma kinetics were determined according to the single injection technique and the 2‐compartment model, and the plasma hormones by radioimmunoassay. Chlorotrianisene altered neither plasma levels of testosterone, gonadotrophins, prolactin and oestradiol, nor metabolic clearance rate, production rate and other kinetic parameters of testosterone. Thus the beneficial effects which have been reported previously cannot be explained by suppression of peripheral testosterone metabolism.