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Prostate cancer: 9. Treatment of advanced disease
Table 3: Summary of side effects of nonsteroidal anti-androgens |
Anti-androgen |
Side effects |
Bicalutamide8 |
Gynecomastia (25%) |
Nilutamide6 |
Decreased adaptation of vision to darkness (33%)
Nausea (25%)
Alcohol intolerance (20%)
Possibility of interstitial pneumonitis |
Flutamide9,11 |
Gynecomastia (60%)
Diarrhea (10%)
Nausea
Possibility of idiosyncratic hepatocellular toxicity resulting in death |
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