Some data presented a few weeks ago at the annual meeting of the European Association for Urology appear to have surprised not only the study’s authors, but pretty much everyone else as well. … READ MORE …
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Conventional wisdom (dating back to the 1940s) has long been that giving testosterone supplements to men who had been treated for prostate cancer is a really bad idea. … READ MORE …
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Discussions about the pros and cons of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in relation to (a) stimulating risk for prostate cancer in men who have not been diagnosed and (b) recurrence of prostate cancer among men who have been diagnosed and treated often aren’t entirely clear about a very key factor. … READ MORE …
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A new article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has further undermined the long-held belief that there was an inherently increased risk for prostate cancer among men who received treatment with testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for low testosterone levels. … READ MORE …
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As we have mentioned frequently before, the use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in men diagnosed with and/or treated for prostate cancer has been highly controversial, and the data supporting a role for TRT in such patients has been limited. … READ MORE …
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According to a report on the MedPage Today web site, three presentations given at the recently completed annual meeting of the American Urological Association addressed prostate cancer risk among men taking testosterone supplements. … READ MORE …
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We may be seeing the beginning of a real turning point in opinions about the role of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in men who have been treated for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Many urologists these days are fairly comfortable prescribing testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men who have had a radical prostatectomy and whose PSA has stayed at undetectable levels for some time. However, … READ MORE …
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A new paper in the Journal of Urology provides data from European males with clinically low levels of serum testosterone indicating that, in these patients, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) was not associated with any increase in risk for a diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A new paper just published in the Journal of Urology addresses (again) the controversial issue of whether the use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is appropriate as a management strategy after first-line treatment for hypogonadal patients. … READ MORE …
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