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Androgen deprivation therapy and excess mortality in men with prostate cancer during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rolf GedeborgJohan StyrkeStacy LoebHans GarmoPär Stattin
Published in: PloS one (2021)
In this large national population-based cohort of men with prevalent prostate cancer, there was no clear evidence in support for an effect of androgen deprivation therapy on COVID-19 mortality.
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