Weighing Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Against Potential Benefit of Hormonal Therapy in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
Lester-Coll N, Johnson S, Magnuson W, Goldhaber S, Sher D, D'Amico A, Yu J. Weighing Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Against Potential Benefit of Hormonal Therapy in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2016, 109: djw281. PMID: 28040795, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermediate-risk prostate cancerQuality-adjusted life yearsHormone therapyHistory of myocardial infarctionCardiac risk factorsBiochemical failureProstate cancerRadiation therapyCardiac riskProbability of biochemical failureMonths of hormone therapyRisk factorsMyocardial infarctionYears of follow-upBenefits of HTRisk of cardiovascular mortalityDisease recurrence riskCardiac risk groupsComparing quality-adjusted life-yearsYoung menRecurrence riskFollow-upRisk groupsCardiovascular mortalityLow risk