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2. Androgen deprivation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), also called androgen ablation therapy or androgen suppression therapy, is an antihormone therapy whose main use is in treating prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cells usually require androgen hormones, such as testosterone, to grow. ADT reduces the levels of androgen hormones, with drugs or surgery, to prevent ...

3. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   If the cancer has spread beyond the prostate, treatment options change significantly, so most doctors who treat prostate cancer use a variety of nomograms to predict the probability of spread. Treatment by watchful waiting/active surveillance, HIFU, external-beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, cryosurgery, and surgery are, in general ...

4. Molecule ‘shows promise’ as effective first line of prostate ...

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   Researchers have discovered that a naturally-occurring molecule could potentially be an effective first line of treatment against prostate cancer. ... Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in ...

5. 5α-Reductase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   [9] [10] It can also reduce DHT levels in the prostate by 97 to 99% in men with prostate cancer. [11] [12] Epristeride (brand names Aipuliete, Chuanliu) is marketed in China for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. [13] [14] [15] However, it can only decrease circulating DHT levels by about 25 to 54%. [16]

6. Nonsteroidal antiandrogen - Wikipedia

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   Bicalutamide (Casodex): Marketed for the treatment of prostate cancer and also used in the treatment of hirsutism in women, [4] as a component of hormone therapy for transgender women, [5] to delay precocious puberty in boys, [7] to prevent or alleviate priapism, [8] and for other indications.

7. Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a ...

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   Rates of America’s second-deadliest cancer in men are on the rise—and they’ve been building exponentially for almost a decade straight.. Since 2014, U.S. diagnoses of prostate cancer ...