Prostate Cancer Therapy: Mental Impact?

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Researchers Say Androgen-Deprivation Therapy May Effect Mental Functions
By Kelley Colihan
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

July 29, 2008 -- A treatment most often offered for men in late stages of prostate cancer may affect mental functioning.

That's what researchers found after they reviewed the studies available on hormone therapy known as ADT.

ADT stands for "androgen-deprivation therapy" and is the standard type of treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to the bones or other organs.

ADT lowers the level of male hormones, like testosterone, which can feed prostate cancer cell growth. Medications used for hormone therapy for prostate cancer include Lupron and Zoladex.

The data review was carried out by Christian Nelson, PhD from the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.





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