Open AccessBone densitometric assessment and management of fracture risk in Indian men of prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: Does practice pattern match the guidelines?
Author(s) -
Manas Ranjan Pradhan,
Anil Mandhani,
Saurabh Sudhir Chipde,
Alok Srivastava,
Manmeet Singh,
Rakesh Kapoor
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.105750
Subject(s) - medicine , androgen deprivation therapy , prostate cancer , bone mineral , management of prostate cancer , zoledronic acid , specialty , oncology , cancer , gynecology , physical therapy , urology , osteoporosis , family medicine
Estimation of baseline bone mineral density (BMD) at the time of instituting androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for metastatic prostate cancer is recommended by several specialty groups and expert panels. The present study was carried out to analyze the practice pattern of Indian urologists with regard to bone densitometric assessment and management of fracture risk in men of prostate cancer on ADT, and their degree of adherence to currently available guidelines.