Prostate cancer: Increased dementia risk following androgen deprivation therapy?

Authors

Ralph Martins, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Sam Gandy

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Nature Reviews Urology

Publisher

Nature

School

School of Medical Sciences / Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care

RAS ID

24432

Comments

Martins, R. N., & Gandy, S. (2016). Prostate cancer: Increased dementia risk following androgen deprivation therapy?. Nature Reviews Urology, 13(4), 188-189. Available here

Abstract

Although the increased use of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer might be improving survival, a recent large retrospective cohort study that analysed hospital medical record data indicates that long therapy duration is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

DOI

10.1038/nrurol.2016.34

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