Monitor PSA closely in testosterone therapy patients

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Although there is no confirmed direct link between testosterone replacement therapy and prostate cancer, a recent study suggests that physicians treating middle-aged hypogonadal men with extrinsic testosterone should be more vigilant in monitoring these patients' PSA levels than they would be in monitoring average men of the same age.

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