This retrospective case series reports on low rates of fractures in males on androgen deprivation for prostate cancer in Jamaica.
ABSTRACT
Objective: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) reduces bone mineral density in men treated for prostate cancer. We sought to determine if there was an ethnic difference in fractures induced by ADT in Jamaican men.
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