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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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   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.

4. Paul L. Nguyen (oncologist) - Wikipedia

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   Paul L. Nguyen is an American radiation oncologist and researcher specializing in prostate cancer research and clinical care. Nguyen has worked with the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, and his research has sought to assess the effectivity of hormone-targeted therapy in treating prostate cancer, the importance of social systems like ...

5. Antiandrogen - Wikipedia

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   Antiandrogens are used in the treatment of an assortment of androgen-dependent conditions in both males and females. [4] [9] They are used to treat men with prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, pattern hair loss, hypersexuality, paraphilias, and priapism, as well as boys with precocious puberty.

6. Discovery and development of antiandrogens - Wikipedia

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   Antiandrogens that are currently on the market are particularly useful for the treatment of prostate cancer during the early stages. However, prostate cancer often progresses to a hormone-refractory state in which the cancer progresses in the presence of continued androgen ablation or antiandrogen therapy. [9]

7. Androgen suppression - Wikipedia

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   Androgen suppression, also ... is a medical treatment to suppress or ... It is employed in androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, feminizing hormone ...