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    Urol Clin North Am. 2007 Nov;34(4):555-63, vii.

    Testosterone replacement therapy and prostate cancer.

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    Men's Health Boston, Brookline, MA, USA. amorgent@bidmc.harvard.edu

    Abstract

    The long-standing concern that testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) may increase the risk of prostate cancer (PCa) has come under new scrutiny. Arguments used to support this concern lack a scientific basis. The original assertion by Huggins that administration of testosterone (T) caused "enhanced growth" of PCa was based on only a single patient. New evidence suggests that TRT has little, if any, negative impact on the prostate, even in men with a history of PCa. A saturation model is proposed that is consistent with regression of cancer when T is reduced to castrate levels and with lack of observed growth when serum T is increased.

    PMID:
    17983895
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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