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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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| 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 |