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

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   Siddiqui says the drug is approved for patients with advanced prostate cancer whose cancer has grown after hormone therapy or chemotherapy. “I describe it to patients as like a nuclear warhead ...

3. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care for advanced-stage prostate cancer focuses on extending life and relieving the symptoms of metastatic disease. As noted above, abiraterone is showing some promise in treating advanced-stage prostate cancer. It causes a dramatic reduction in PSA levels and tumor sizes in aggressive advanced-stage prostate cancer for 70% of patients.

4. Drug breakthrough offers hope for advanced prostate cancer ...

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   Simon Grieveson, assistant director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, said: “For men with advanced prostate cancer, treatment with hormone therapy can be very effective at delaying cancer ...

5. 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 ...

6. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Treatment of prostate cancer varies based on how advanced the cancer is, the risk it may spread, and the affected person's health and personal preferences. [36] Those with localized disease at low risk for spread are often more likely to be harmed by the side effects of treatment than the disease itself, and so are regularly tested for a ...

7. New treatment ‘increases chance of survival’ for prostate ...

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   A total of 150 people took part in the trial. Patients with advanced prostate cancer have a greater chance of survival if treated with a targeted cancer drug in addition to chemotherapy, according ...