Androgenic block in prostate cancer as metabolic syndrome cause and as risk factor for arterial coronary disease

• Grant number: 11/24180-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Vicente Serrano Junior
• Grantee: Diego Ubrig Munhoz
• Host Institution: Instituto do Coração Professor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (INCOR). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Assess the androgenic block in prostate cancer as metabolic syndrome cause and as arterial coronary disease risk factor, besides to determinate the outline of the inflammatory, endothelial and thrombotic markers for arterial atherosclerotic disease in patients with prostate cancer with clinical indication for hormonal deprivation by drugs or surgical procedures