Type of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Risk of Dementia Among Patients With Prostate Cancer in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It remains unclear whether androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is associated with subsequent dementia risk in patients with prostate cancer. There are limited data regarding dementia risk across ADT types.

Objective

To examine the association between all-cause dementia, including Alzheimer disease (AD), and different ADT types in patients with prostate cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used linked data from the Taiwan National Cancer Registry, the National Health Insurance Research Database, and the Taiwan National Death Registry. A cohort of 23 651 patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2015, was identified and followed up from 1 year after diagnosis until December 31, 2017. Data ana

SUBMITTER: Huang WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489824 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature