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2. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   GnRH then stimulates the pituitary gland to produce luteinizing hormone (LH), and LH stimulates the testicles to produce testosterone. Finally, testosterone from the testicles and dehydroepiandrosterone from the adrenal glands stimulate the prostate to produce more DHT. Hormonal therapy can decrease levels of DHT by interrupting this pathway at ...

3. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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   Aromatase inhibitors are an important class of drugs used for the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. At menopause, estrogen production in the ovaries ceases, but other tissues continue to produce estrogen through the action of the enzyme aromatase on androgens produced by the adrenal glands. When the action of aromatase is ...

4. Thyroglobulin - Wikipedia

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   Thyroglobulin (Tg) is a 660 kDa, dimeric glycoprotein produced by the follicular cells of the thyroid and used entirely within the thyroid gland. Tg is secreted and accumulated at hundreds of grams per litre in the extracellular compartment of the thyroid follicles, accounting for approximately half of the protein content of the thyroid gland. [5]

5. 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 ...

6. 7 foods that kill and lower testosterone - AOL

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   Also known as an underactive thyroid, hypothyroidism happens when your thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormones. This can lower stimulation of the Leydig cells, resulting in less ...

7. 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 ...