WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) -The research group evaluated the effect of long-acting testosterone injection for treatment of hypogonadism after brachytherapy for prostate cancer. In this small group of patients post –brachytherapy treatment replacement therapy with long-acting testosterone injections, the testosterone injections had a positive impact on symptoms of hypogonadism and erectile function without short-term PSA progression.
Presented by F. Balbontin, et al. at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting - May 14 - 19, 2011 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC USA
Reported for UroToday by Pamela Ellsworth, MD, Associate Professor of Urology/Surgery and Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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