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What Are The Surgeries For Prostate Cancer?
Hormone Therapy and Chemotherapy
Androgen Deprivation Therapy (Hormone Therapy)
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.
Androgen deprivation therapy (also called androgen suppression therapy or hormone therapy) uses drugs or surgery to suppress or block...
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