Body weight, fat mass and metabolic complications during androgen deprivation therapy: Should urologists recommend exercise and diet to help patients overcome toxicities?

Authors/Creators

Daniel A. Galvão, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Dennis R. Taaffe, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Robert U. Newton, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

Comprehensive Lifestyle Improvement Program for Prostate Cancer (CLIPP) is associated with improvement in weight and components of metabolic syndrome in men on androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Algotar AM et al. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (In Press, 2021).

Document Type

Editorial

PubMed ID

33846567

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences / Exercise Medicine Research Institute

RAS ID

44758

Copyright

free_to_read

Publisher

Nature

Comments

Galvão, D. A., Taaffe, D. R., & Newton, R. U. (2021). Body weight, fat mass and metabolic complications during androgen deprivation therapy: Should urologists recommend exercise and diet to help patients overcome toxicities? [Editorial]. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 24, 591-593. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-021-00363-y