Transurethral microwave thermotherapy in symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: A possible association between androgen status and treatment result?
✍ Scribed by Hallin, Anders; Stege, Reinhard; Berlin, Tomas; Carlström, Kjell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-4137
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✦ Synopsis
Background:
Nothing is yet known of possible endocrine effects of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (tumt) or of possible influence of endocrine status on the result of thermotherapy.
Methods:
Serum levels of testosterone (t), shbg, estradiol, lh, and psh were measured in 48 men with bph before and 2-3 months after tumt (prostatron, prostasoft 2.0; technomed international, lyon, france). assessment of results was based on the patients' own estimations.
Results:
The treatment did not alter hormone levels. patients who reported response after 12 months (n = 21) had significantly lower outset levels of calculated free testosterone (ft) than in the nonresponders (n = 27). in the patients aged < 70 years (n = 13), both the ft and t values were lower than in the nonresponders (n = 15). there was no age difference between responders and nonresponders.
Conclusions:
Tumt did not influence hormone levels. these observations suggest that androgen status may influence the final result of treatment.