Protective effects of testosterone replacement therapy on brain tumor outcomes: the Mayo Clinic Experience

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2026
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Abstract Background Biological sex and endocrine signaling influence cancer biology, immune response, and therapeutic outcomes. Recent evidence suggests that testosterone signaling may exert brain-context-dependent protective effects in glioblastoma through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, reduced glucocorticoid-mediated immune suppression, and altered tumor-immune interactions. We assessed whether testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) exposure was associated with survival in solid tumor central nervous system (CNS) metastases and glioblastoma (GBM, IDH-wildtype, WHO grade 4), settings in which post-diagnosis survival and TRT timing can be clinically defined. Methods We performed a retrospective Mayo Clinic cohort study of adult patients with molecularly confirmed glioblastoma and solid tumor CNS metastases confirmed from neuroimaging reports using large language model-assisted adjudication. TRT exposure was defined by testosterone-specific prescription evidence within prespecified peri-diagnostic windows. Overall survival was evaluated using propensity score-matched Cox models, 24-month administratively censored Cox models, time-dependent Cox sensitivity analyses, and 24-month restricted mean survival time. Results In the pooled solid tumor CNS metastasis cohort, TRT exposure was associated with improved overall survival after propensity score matching (HR 0.80, 95% CI 0.65–0.98, p = 0.029) and a 3.22-month improvement in 24-month restricted mean survival time. In glioblastoma, TRT exposure was similarly associated with improved overall survival after propensity score matching (HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.14-0.98, p = 0.046) and a 5.81-month improvement in 24-month restricted mean survival time. Conclusions TRT exposure was associated with improved survival in CNS metastases and glioblastoma. These hypothesis-generating findings support prospective studies incorporating TRT timing, hormone levels, corticosteroid exposure, immune correlates, and tumor-specific stratification.
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Authors Manuel M. Bettencourt, Shreya Gandhi, Archis Bhandarkar, Asad Lone, Gelareh Zadeh, Sheila Mansouri
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Journal Neuro-Oncology Advances
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/noajnl/vdag259
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https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdag259
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