• DOI:10.1002/PROS.2990180205
Corpus ID: 27915767

Cardiovascular and all‐cause mortality in prostatic cancer patients treated with estrogens or orchiectomy as compared to the standard population

@article{Aro1991CardiovascularAA,
  title={Cardiovascular and all‐cause mortality in prostatic cancer patients treated with estrogens or orchiectomy as compared to the standard population},
  author={J. Aro},
  journal={The Prostate},
  year={1991},
  volume={18}
}

• J. Aro
• Published 1991
• Medicine
• The Prostate

Four hundred and seventy‐seven prospectively randomized patients with prostatic carcinoma were treated with a combination of intramuscular polyestradiol phosphate (PEP) and oral ethinyl estradiol, with intramuscular PEP alone, or with orchiectomy. The cardiovascular and all‐cause mortality of the two estrogen therapy modalities and orchiectomy were compared with those of the Finnish male population in general. The age‐standardized rate ratios (∼ relative risk) for cardiovascular mortality and… Expand