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Androgen Suppression Guidelines
Male hormones (called androgens), particularly testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, determine male secondary sex characteristics and stimulate prostate cell growth. When prostate cells, both healthy and cancerous, are deprived of androgens, they no longer proliferate and eventually die.
Hormonal treatment in prostate cancer uses drugs or surgery (orchiectomy) to suppress or block male hormones (androgen), particularly testosterone and...
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Prostate Cancer: Hormonal Therapy Overview
Prostate cancer is a hormonally responsive cancer. In 1966, Charles Huggins was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for... Read more »
Prostate Cancer Treatment Options: Medical Castration: Antagonist vs...
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PSA After Combined Hormone Therapy
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Do I Need My Entire Prostate Treated?
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Hormone therapy may help some with prostate cancer
A small course of hormone-blocking treatment may help some men who get radiation treatment for cancer. A 10-year study found that men with... Read more »
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer raises heart risks
Men who receive hormone therapy for prostate cancer may be at greater risk for heart disease, but some types of therapy are safer than others,... Read more »
Study: New hormone-inhibitor promising for prostate cancer
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New prostate, breast cancer drug shown effective
Scientists in Illinois say they've developed a cancer drug that is 200 times more effective than similar medications. Zoledronate is a... Read more »
Study: Hormone therapy may increase prostate death risk
A new study raises more questions about the benefit of hormone therapy in some men with prostate cancer. Researchers studied 1,707 prostate cancer... Read more »
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