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 Question Of The Week:

How can I avoid developing metabolic syndrome while being treated with hormonal blockade?

The related article of the week:

A prospective, randomized pilot study evaluating the effects of metformin and intervention on patients with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy.  Jenny P. Nobes – St Luke’s Cancer Centre, and Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology,

The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK

BJU Int , May 2012 109 (10) 1495- 502