## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. The authors evaluated whether the duration of androgen suppression (AS) after the completion of hormone therapy (HT) was associated with the risk of prostate cancerβspecific mortality (PCSM) and allβcause mortality (ACM). ## METHODS. The study cohort was comprised of 2
Duration of testosterone suppression and the risk of death from prostate cancer in men treated with radiation and 6 months of hormone therapy
β Scribed by David Palma; Tom Pickles
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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