Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostatic Cancer in Patients With Torsades de Pointes

Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostatic Cancer in Patients With Torsades de Pointes

BackgroundMen normally have shorter heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) than women, at least in part due to accelerating effects of testosterone on ventricular repolarization. Accumulating data suggest that androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) used for the treatment of prostatic cancer, may increas...

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Main Authors: Pietro Enea Lazzerini, Iacopo Bertolozzi, Maurizio Acampa, Silvia Cantara, Maria Grazia Castagna, Laura Pieragnoli, Antonio D’Errico, Marco Rossi, Stefania Bisogno, Nabil El-Sherif, Mohamed Boutjdir, Franco Laghi-Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Torsades de Pointes
androgen deprivation therapy
prostatic cancer
testosterone
sudden death
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2020.00684/full

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