Testosterone replacement therapy for hypogonadal men has been used for decades. However, there are still scores of primary care doctors spreading irresponsible misinformation regarding the safety of this treatment, particularly to elderly men who can benefit mightily from a balanced hormonal health.
A study was done with 255 men with an Average age of 60.6 ± 8.0 years, with testosterone levels between ≤ 3.5 ng/ml. They received parenteral (injectable) testosterone undecanoate.
After more than five years of monitored testosterone therapy , the study noted that a mere 3 out of 255 patients were diagnosed with prostate cancer. The study stated that “3/255 patients with prostate cancer does not suggest an increased risk of prostate cancer in elderly men on long-term testosterone treatment. Long-term treatment with testosterone undecanoate with monitoring according to the guidelines is acceptably safe.”
Now, according to cancer.org, “About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.” They also stated, “Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. In fact, more than 2.5 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.”
In over 50 years of studies and research, there has never been a connection between testosterone levels in men and prostate cancer growth. Moreover, a study from Harvard Medical School in 2006 concluded, “there is not now, nor has there ever been a scientific basis for the belief that testosterone causes prostate cancer to grow.”
Just more evidence that testosterone replacement therapy does not cause cancer or prostate cancer. We can’t explain why leagues of completely clueless primary care doctors still spread baseless accusations that TRT is unsafe.
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See: Side-Effect Profile of Long-Term Treatment of Elderly Hypogonadal Men with Testosterone Undecanoate – Farid Saad, Ahmad Haider, Gheorghe Doros, Louis Gooren. Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany; Gulf Medical University School of Medicine, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Private Practice, Bremerhaven, Germany; Public School of Health, Boston University, Boston, MA; VUMC Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.