## Abstract Patients with advanced cancer may develop cachexia, which is often treated with megestrol acetate (MA). In addition to thromboembolic disease, MA may cause symptomatic suppression of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. In male patients with cancer, treatment with MA may also suppre
Hypogonadism in male patients with cancer
β Scribed by Jose M. Garcia; Huiling Li; Douglas Mann; Daniel Epner; Teresa G. Hayes; Marco Marcelli; Glenn R. Cunningham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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