Prostate Cancer Treatment: Androgen-Deprivation Therapy (ADT)
This is yet another disturbing report concerning the very major debilitating – even life threatening – consequences from having the prostate cancer treatment protocol, known asAndrogen-Deprivation Therapy (ADT).
A new report published in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, and in the American Heart Association journal -Circulation,, reveals that androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), a type of prostate cancer treatment, can increase heart risk factors and possibly lead to heart attack or cardiac death
Here are a few notable statements given in the article as published in Naturalnews.com…
* ADT, can increase heart risk factors and possibly lead to heart attack or cardiac death.
* ADT leads to increased fat mass, increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the “bad” form of cholesterol, and blood sugar abnormalities.
* ADT and other forms of hormone therapy do not actually cure prostate cancer.
* Prostate cancer patients should consult only the physician who is actually treating the cancer.
* The effects of low testosterone levels in men, known as hypogonadism, leads to cardiovascular disease and death.
* Low serum testosterone levels are also known to increase a man’s risk of developing diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and dyslipidemia.
As with any of the available treatments for prostate cancer a guy must carefully weigh up the perceived benefits against all possible risks (and hopefully the respective medical professional will explain these to the patient if he cares to or, if he is prompted) but surely, given all of the above factors as presented, why would any sane man take such a high risk with ADT anyway?
It really makes one wonder just how many men are comprehensively informed of those risks before taking them. I guess nobody really knows the answer to that.
Have I got your interest?
Then see the full article at: Prostate cancer therapy can increase risk of heart disease and death
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