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Cardiovascular Mortality and Duration of Androgen Deprivation in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: Long-term Update of NRG/RTOG 9202.

Kimberley S MakMolly Scannell BryanJames J DignamWilliam U ShipleyYue LinChristopher A PetersElizabeth M GoreSeth A RosenthalKenneth L ZeitzerDavid P D'SouzaEric M HorwitzThomas M PisanskyJordan M MaierSusan M ChafeTyler P RobinMack RoachPhuoc T TranLuis SouhamiJeff M MichalskiAlan C HartfordFelix Y FengHoward M SandlerJason A Efstathiou
Published in: European urology focus (2024)
In a long-term analysis of a large randomized prostate cancer trial, radiation with 28 mo of hormone therapy did not increase the risk of cardiovascular death significantly versus 4 mo of hormone therapy. Future studies are needed for patients with pre-existing heart disease, who may have an increased risk of myocardial infarction death with longer hormone use.
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