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

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

<h4>Background</h4>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,...

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Autores principales: Rolf Gedeborg, Johan Styrke, Stacy Loeb, Hans Garmo, Pär Stattin
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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