 Finasteride
"Finasteride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An orally active 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE inhibitor. It is used as a surgical alternative for treatment of benign PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA.
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D018120
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.054.079.500 D04.210.500.925.100.250
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Finasteride" by people in Profiles.
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Torkko K, Till C, Tangen CM, Goodman PJ, Song X, Schenk JM, Lucia MS, Peters U, van Bokhoven A, Thompson IM, Neuhouser ML. Vitamin D Pathway and Other Related Polymorphisms and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2020 06; 13(6):521-530.
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Schenk JM, Till CA, Tangen CM, Goodman PJ, Song X, Torkko KC, Kristal AR, Peters U, Neuhouser ML. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and risk of prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Aug; 23(8):1484-93.
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Bañez LL, Blake GW, McLeod DG, Crawford ED, Moul JW. Combined low-dose flutamide plus finasteride vs low-dose flutamide monotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer: a comparative analysis of two phase II trials with a long-term follow-up. BJU Int. 2009 Aug; 104(3):310-4.
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Crawford ED, Wilson SS, McConnell JD, Slawin KM, Lieber MC, Smith JA, Meehan AG, Bautista OM, Noble WR, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM, Roehrborn CG. Baseline factors as predictors of clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia in men treated with placebo. J Urol. 2006 Apr; 175(4):1422-6; discussion 1426-7.
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Thompson IM, Pauler DK, Goodman PJ, Tangen CM, Lucia MS, Parnes HL, Minasian LM, Ford LG, Lippman SM, Crawford ED, Crowley JJ, Coltman CA. Prevalence of prostate cancer among men with a prostate-specific antigen level < or =4.0 ng per milliliter. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 27; 350(22):2239-46.
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Barqawi A, Gamito E, O'Donnell C, Crawford ED. Herbal and vitamin supplement use in a prostate cancer screening population. Urology. 2004 Feb; 63(2):288-92.
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Barqawi AB, Moul JW, Ziada A, Handel L, Crawford ED. Combination of low-dose flutamide and finasteride for PSA-only recurrent prostate cancer after primary therapy. Urology. 2003 Nov; 62(5):872-6.
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