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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. 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]

4. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   For men with prostate cancer and bone metastases zoledronic acid (a bisphosphonate) and denosumab (a RANK-ligand-inhibitor) appear to be the most effective in preventing skeletal complications. [85] However these agents also seem to cause more frequent and severe adverse events, including kidney failure for treatment with zoledronic acid and ...

5. Surveillance is an Effective Way to Manage Some Types of ...

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   Rethinking prostate cancer treatment. Prostate cancer is second only to skin cancer as the most common form of cancer among men. It is also the second-leading cancer death for men, behind lung cancer.

6. Active surveillance of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   In a separate study of men from the pre prostate cancer screening era managed with watchful waiting (56% over age 70 years), progression to distant metastasis or prostate cancer death was 13.9% and 12.3%, respectively for Gleason score 6 or below, but considerably higher at 18.2 and 22.7%, 30% and 20%, 44.4% and 55.6% for Gleason 3+4, 4+3, and ...

7. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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   Cancer is a significant issue that is affecting the world. Specifically in the U.S., 1,735,350 new cases of cancer, and 609,640 deaths were expected by the end of 2018. Adequate treatment can prevent many cancer deaths but there are racial and social disparities in treatments which has a significant factor in high death rates.