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ArticleEndocrine2024

Prediction of fragility fractures in men with prostate cancer under androgen deprivation therapy: the importance of a multidisciplinary approach using a mini-invasive diagnostic tool.

G Mazziotti, A G Lania, Marta Laganà, Alfredo Berruti

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Article in Endocrine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Proactive strategies for fracture risk in androgen deprivation therapy: a call for multidisciplinary collaboration.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G MazziottiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy.
A G LaniaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy.
Marta LaganàMedical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. m.lagana001@unibs.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8457-122X
Alfredo BerrutiMedical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Humanitas University · ITUniversity of Brescia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone fragility in men who are treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has a complex pathophysiology that differs from that of primary and post-menopausal osteoporosis. Fracture risk assessment based on bone mineral density (BMD) and Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score might not be effective in this patient setting, since high frequency of fragility fractures has been reported even in subjects with low FRAX risk and normal BMD. In this paper we want to emphasize the importance in the individual assessment of bone fragility and prediction of fractures by measuring parameters of bone quality, assessing morphometric vertebral fractures and evaluating body composition that in subjects under hormone-deprivation therapies can play a crucial role. Noteworthy, a single mini-invasive diagnostic tool, i.e., the dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, offers the opportunity to evaluate reliably parameters of bone quality (e.g., trabecular bone score) and body composition, besides measurement of BMD and assessment of vertebral fractures by a morphometric approach. This article highlights the values and cost-effectiveness of this mini-invasive tool in the context of multidisciplinary approach to subjects with prostate cancer under ADTs.

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Osteoporotic FracturesProstatic NeoplasmsSpinal FracturesAbsorptiometry, PhotonAndrogen AntagonistsAndrogensBone DensityHumansMaleRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsAndrogen AntagonistsAndrogensAndrogen-deprivation therapyBody compositionFracturesFRAXProstate cancer

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PMID38112923
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