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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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   The risk of dying from prostate cancer or having acute bladder side effects may be similar to that of longer radiation treatment. [28] Others use a "triple modality" combination of external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, and hormonal therapy.

4. Abiraterone acetate - Wikipedia

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   Abiraterone acetate is used in combination with prednisone, a corticosteroid, as a treatment for mCRPC (previously called hormone-resistant or hormone-refractory prostate cancer). [ 2 ] [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] This is a form of prostate cancer that is not responding to first-line androgen deprivation therapy or treatment with androgen receptor ...

5. 1-Docosanol - Wikipedia

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   One of the most common side effects that has been reported from docosanol is headache. Headaches caused by the medication tend to be mild and can occur in any region of the head. [10] In clinical trials, headache occurred in 10.4% of people treated with docosanol cream and 10.7% of people treated with placebo. [8]

6. Molecule ‘shows promise’ as effective first line of prostate ...

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   The researchers said that although carnosine is rapidly degraded by enzymes in the body, it could potentially be an initial treatment for prostate cancer if a constant slow release mechanism is used.

7. Patient trade-off - Wikipedia

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   A substantial proportion of patients and physicians, experience stress in judging the trade-off between different treatment options and treatment side-effects which adds to the stress of cancer diagnosed, a situation made worse in that eight out of ten prostate cancer patients have no one to confide in except their spouse and one out of five ...