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2. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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   Progestins (progesterone-like drugs) such as megestrol acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate have been used for the treatment of hormone-responsive, advanced breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and prostate cancer. Progestins are also used in the treatment of endometrial hyperplasia, a precursor to endometrial adenocarcinoma. The exact ...

3. Medroxyprogesterone acetate - Wikipedia

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   [266] [267] [268] High-dose oral MPA has been studied in combination with diethylstilbestrol and CEEs as an addition to high-dose estrogen therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer in men, but was not found to provide better effectiveness than diethylstilbestrol alone. [269]

4. What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Treatments - AOL

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   Hormone therapy, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), is a “mainstay” of treatment for these cancers that have spread outside the prostate, Dr. Barbieri says.

5. Medical uses of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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   Bicalutamide is used primarily in the treatment of early and advanced prostate cancer. [1] It is approved at a dosage of 50 mg/day as a combination therapy with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH analogue) or orchiectomy (that is, surgical or medical castration) in the treatment of stage D2 metastatic prostate cancer (mPC), [2] [3] and as a monotherapy at a dosage of 150 mg/day ...

6. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Radiation therapy is commonly used in prostate cancer treatment. It may be used instead of surgery or after surgery in early-stage prostate cancer (adjuvant radiotherapy). Radiation treatments also can be combined with hormonal therapy for intermediate risk disease, when surgery or radiation therapy alone is less likely to cure the cancer.

7. Progesterone (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Progesterone (P4), sold under the brand name Prometrium among others, is a medication and naturally occurring steroid hormone. [20] It is a progestogen and is used in combination with estrogens mainly in hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms and low sex hormone levels in women.