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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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