Cardiovascular comorbidities in German prostate cancer patients under androgen deprivation therapy: Results from a retrospective analysis of patient data in urological outpatient centers.

2018 
339Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with LHRH agonists leuprolide/goserelin compared to GnRH antagonists has been associated with higher risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with hormone-sensitive prostate carcinoma (hsPCa). Real life data from German PCa-patients with CV disease treated with ADT are lacking. Our study aimed to analyze occurrence of comorbidities with a focus on CV disease in hsPCa-patients treated with ADT. Methods: HsPCa-patients with initiation of ADT (1999–2014) and an ADT duration of a minimum of 12 months were included. Data were collected retrospectively from medical records and documented in a standardized electronic case report form by three German urological outpatient centers. Primary outcomes of interest were frequency of CV disease and hospitalization due to CV events. Descriptive statistics were performed. An ethics committee approval was obtained from Arztekammer Nordrhein. Results: Data from 753 patients were evaluated. The mean and median age of ...
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