Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostatic Cancer in Patients With Torsades de Pointes

• Main Authors: Pietro Enea Lazzerini (Author), Iacopo Bertolozzi (Author), Maurizio Acampa (Author), Silvia Cantara (Author), Maria Grazia Castagna (Author), Laura Pieragnoli (Author), Antonio D'Errico (Author), Marco Rossi (Author), Stefania Bisogno (Author), Nabil El-Sherif (Author), Mohamed Boutjdir (Author), Franco Laghi-Pasini (Author), Pier Leopoldo Capecchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundMen normally have shorter heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) than women, at least in part due to accelerating effects of testosterone on ventricular repolarization. Accumulating data suggest that androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) used for the treatment of prostatic cancer, may increas...