Peter Attia· MD
we know that in the case of prostate cancer testosterone is not causing prostate cancer but it's a growth factor for the cancers
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we know that in the case of prostate cancer testosterone is not causing prostate cancer but it's a growth factor for the cancers
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yeah there's no evidence that says uh exogenous T replacement uh causes acceleration or propagation of someone's prostate cancer there there's no evidence to suggest that
But the actual impact on prostate related issues and like growing cancer from scratch if you don't have pre-existing cancer cells like you're not going to just like spawn cancer from taking testosterone.