The clinical relevance of adiposity when assessing muscle health in men treated with androgen deprivation for prostate cancer

• Main Authors: Patrick J. Owen (Author), Robin M. Daly (Author), Jack Dalla Via (Author), Niamh L. Mundell (Author), Patricia M. Livingston (Author), Timo Rantalainen (Author), Steve F. Fraser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa) may prospectively decrease absolute lean mass (LM) and increase absolute fat mass (FM). Given that estimates of LM by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry may be overestimated in obese people, this study examined the influe...