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. 2021 May;32(5):678-679.
doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.01.067. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Androgen-deprivation therapy and SARS-CoV-2 in men with prostate cancer: findings from the University of California Health System registry

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Androgen-deprivation therapy and SARS-CoV-2 in men with prostate cancer: findings from the University of California Health System registry

D H Kwon et al. Ann Oncol. 2021 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure RRA reports receiving honoraria from Clovis Oncology; performing consulting or advisory role for AstraZeneca, Dendreon, Advanced Accelerator Applications, Clovis Oncology, Axiom Biotechnologies; research funding (for institution) from Zenith Epigenetics, Novartis, Xynomic Pharma, Cancer Targeted Technology, Janssen, Merck, AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, BioXcel Therapeutics. AJB is a cofounder and consultant to Personalis and NuMedii; consultant to Samsung, Mango Tree Corporation, and in the recent past, 10x Genomics, Helix, Pathway Genomics, and Verinata (Illumina); has served on paid advisory panels or boards for Geisinger Health, Regenstrief Institute, Gerson Lehman Group, AlphaSights, Covance, Novartis, Genentech, Merck, and Roche; is a shareholder in Personalis and NuMedii; is a minor shareholder in Apple, Facebook, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Snap, Snowflake, 10x Genomics, Illumina, Nuna Health, Assay Depot (Scientist.com), Vet24seven, Regeneron, Sanofi, Royalty Pharma, Pfizer, BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Biogen, Twist Bioscience, Pacific Biosciences, Editas Medicine, Invitae, and Sutro, and several other nonhealth-related companies and mutual funds; and has received honoraria and travel reimbursement for invited talks from Johnson and Johnson, Roche, Genentech, Pfizer, Merck, Lilly, Takeda, Varian, Mars, Siemens, Optum, Abbott, Celgene, AstraZeneca, AbbVie, Westat, several investment and venture capital firms, many academic institutions, medical or disease-specific foundations and associations, and health systems; receives royalty payments through Stanford University, for several patents and other disclosures licensed to NuMedii and Personalis. his research has been funded by NIH, Northrup Grumman (as the prime on an NIH contract), Genentech, Johnson and Johnson, FDA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Intervalien Foundation, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation, and in the recent past, the March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, L'Oréal, and Progenity. FWH has stock or other ownership in GlaxoSmithKline and AbbVie. All remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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