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====Other uses==== Certain progestogens, including [[megestrol acetate]], medroxyprogesterone acetate, cyproterone acetate, and [[chlormadinone acetate]], have been used at high doses to reduce [[hot flash]]es in men undergoing [[androgen deprivation therapy]], for instance to treat [[prostate cancer]].<ref name="pmid18231613">{{cite journal | vauthors = Guise TA, Oefelein MG, Eastham JA, Cookson MS, Higano CS, Smith MR | title = Estrogenic side effects of androgen deprivation therapy | journal = Rev Urol | volume = 9 | issue = 4 | pages = 163β80 | year = 2007 | pmid = 18231613 | pmc = 2213888}}</ref><ref name="pmid19962840">{{cite journal | vauthors = Frisk J | title = Managing hot flushes in men after prostate cancer--a systematic review | journal = Maturitas | volume = 65 | issue = 1 | pages = 15β22 | year = 2010 | pmid = 19962840 | doi = 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.10.017| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid24223412">{{cite journal | vauthors = Koike H, Morikawa Y, Matsui H, Shibata Y, Ito K, Suzuki K | title = Chlormadinone acetate is effective for hot flush during androgen deprivation therapy | journal = Prostate Int | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 113β6 | year = 2013 | pmid = 24223412 | pmc = 3814123 | doi = 10.12954/PI.12010}}</ref>
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