Prostate cancer is a hormonally responsive cancer. In 1966, Charles Huggins was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that began in the 1940’s with his colleague CV Hodges. Their work was able to establish that if androgens (testosterone) were eliminated in patients with prostate cancer, the cancer cells would atrophy.
The vast majority (95%) of androgen is testosterone and it is predominantly produced by specific cells in the testes known as Leydig cells. 5% of...
Dr. Ravdin et al published a very impressive article in this week's New England Journal of Medicine on hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... Read more »
Q. I was diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer and have had a lumpectomy and radiation. Now my oncologist has prescribed tamoxifen. I... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer, and once I finish chemo my doctor is considering two hormone drugs: tamoxifen,... Read more »
Many women who took a combination hormone replacement therapy drug—estrogen and progestin, e.g., Prempro, et. al.—ceased their... Read more »
Q. I've been on tamoxifen for a couple of years, and now my doctor is switching me to an aromatase inhibitor. I understand how... Read more »
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Treating Prostate Cancer A Guide for Men With Localized Prostate Cancer Most men have time to learn about all the options for treating their prostate... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Medicines that target hormone receptors in breast cancer cells are called hormonal therapies. This form of treatment can be very effective against... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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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