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Should LHRH therapy be continued in patients receiving abiraterone acetate?

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Fig. 1: Median (with standard deviation) levels of testosterone and LH following initiation of abiraterone acetate, alone or in combination with an LHRH agonist.

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Ah-Thiane, L., Supiot, S. Should LHRH therapy be continued in patients receiving abiraterone acetate?. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 25, 798–799 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-022-00584-9

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