Promoting Wellness for Patients on Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Why Using Numerous Drugs for Drug Side Effects Should Not Be First-Line Treatment
Promoting Wellness for Patients on Androgen Deprivation Therapy
MA Moyad, M Roach
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20110701
2011 Aug 1
Urol Clin North Am
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Promoting Wellness for Patients on Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Why Using Numerous Drugs for Drug Side Effects Should Not Be First-Line Treatment
Urol Clin North Am. 2011 Aug 1;38(3):303-312, MA Moyad, M Roach
Abstract
Abstract
The controversy over androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer seems to have shifted over the past decade. The issue of adverse events or side effects now seems to dominate over that of clinical efficacy. However, this article provides evidence that questions the treatment of these side effects with numerous prescription medications that have their own unique toxicity profile in patients with nonmetastatic disease. The hope is that patients will no longer be considered passive participants...