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Article: Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy 'at increased heart disease risk'.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy might be at an increased risk of developing heart problems, according to a new study.
Hormone therapy is a mainstay of treatment when the cancer is locally advanced and when it has spread to more distant parts of the body, but is increasingly being used in earlier stages of the disease. It involves either removing the testicles to eliminate the main source of testosterone production.
The researchers suggest that doctors need to start considering heart-related side effects when they prescribe endocrine therapy for prostate cancer and might want to refer ...