Adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy and strategies to mitigate them

PL Nguyen, SMH Alibhai, S Basaria, AV D'Amico… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Context Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is a key component of treatment for aggressive
and advanced prostate cancer, but it has also been associated with adverse effects on bone …

Testosterone and obesity

DM Kelly, TH Jones - Obesity Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Testosterone is a key hormone in the pathology of metabolic diseases such as obesity. Low
testosterone levels are associated with increased fat mass (particularly central adiposity) …

Hormonal replacement in hypopituitarism in adults: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline

M Fleseriu, IA Hashim, N Karavitaki… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To formulate clinical practice guidelines for hormonal replacement in
hypopituitarism in adults. Participants: The participants include an Endocrine Society …

Cardiovascular safety of degarelix versus leuprolide in patients with prostate cancer: the primary results of the PRONOUNCE randomized trial

RD Lopes, CS Higano, SF Slovin, AJ Nelson… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The relative cardiovascular safety of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
antagonists compared with GnRH agonists in men with prostate cancer and known …

[HTML][HTML] Management of patients with advanced prostate cancer: the report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference APCCC 2017

S Gillessen, G Attard, TM Beer, H Beltran, A Bossi… - European urology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background In advanced prostate cancer (APC), successful drug development as well as
advances in imaging and molecular characterisation have resulted in multiple areas where …

Understanding the mechanisms and treatment options in cancer cachexia

K Fearon, J Arends, V Baracos - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2013 - nature.com
Cancer cachexia is a metabolic syndrome that can be present even in the absence of weight
loss ('precachexia'). Cachexia is often compounded by pre-existing muscle loss, and is …

Gonadal steroids and body composition, strength, and sexual function in men

JS Finkelstein, H Lee, SAM Burnett-Bowie… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Current approaches to diagnosing testosterone deficiency do not consider the
physiological consequences of various testosterone levels or whether deficiencies of …

Sipuleucel-T immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer

PW Kantoff, CS Higano, ND Shore… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Sipuleucel-T, an autologous active cellular immunotherapy, has shown
evidence of efficacy in reducing the risk of death among men with metastatic castration …

Prostate carcinogenesis: inflammatory storms

JS de Bono, C Guo, B Gurel, AM De Marzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. Intra-prostatic
inflammation is a risk factor for prostate carcinogenesis, with diet, chemical injury and an …

Interaction between gut microbiota and sex hormones and their relation to sexual dimorphism in metabolic diseases

JA Santos-Marcos, M Mora-Ortiz… - Biology of sex …, 2023 - Springer
Metabolic diseases, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and type 2 diabetes (T2D),
are now a widespread pandemic in the developed world. These pathologies show sex …