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Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Raises Heart Risks
Date:9/22/2009

few months after the men began hormone therapy.

The study also found that hormone therapy was associated with a 28 percent increased risk of fatal heart attack, a 21 percent increased risk of dying from heart disease, a 26 percent increased risk of death from heart failure, and a 5 percent increased risk of fatal arrhythmia.

"In a more detailed analysis by type of hormone therapy, the lowest increase in risk for ischemic heart disease, heart attack and heart failure was seen in the group taking anti-androgen therapy, and we saw no increase in risk of death from heart disease in this group. Patients on gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy had the highest risk of these problems," Van Hemelrijck said.

The findings suggest that physicians should consider heart-related side effects when prescribing hormone therapy for prostate cancer patients and may want to refer patients to a cardiologist before the start of hormone therapy, the researchers stated.

More information

The American Urological Association Foundation has more about hormone therapy for prostate cancer.



-- Robert Preidt



SOURCE: European Cancer Organization, news release, Sept. 22, 2009


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