Androgen deprivation therapy and excess mortality in men with prostate cancer during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Men have a higher risk of death from COVID-19 than women and androgens facilitate entrance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into respiratory epithelial cells. Thus, androgen deprivation therapy may reduce infection rates and improve outcomes for COVID-19. In the spring of 2020, Sweden was highly...

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Autores principales: Gedeborg, Rolf, Styrke, Johan, Loeb, Stacy, Garmo, Hans, Stattin, Pär
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34618806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255966

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34618806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255966

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