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Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer - Friend or Foe to the Psyche?

2015/5/11
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Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) Podcast

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This is a well-annotated study demonstrating that men treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer have impaired cognitive performance within six months of starting therapy and that a specific genetic polymorphism may lend toward greater susceptibility to cognitive impairment.