Every treatment has unintended adverse effects, and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer is no exception. A flurry of reports has implicated ADT in increasing cardiovascular risk and mortality. In this regard, the 2009 study by Efstathiou and colleagues is a notable exception.
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Basaria, S. Cardiovascular mortality and androgen deprivation. Nat Rev Urol 6, 252–253 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2009.75
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