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2. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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   The estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) is occasionally used to treat prostate cancer through suppression of testosterone production. It was previously used in the treatment of breast cancer, but has been replaced by more effective and less toxic agents. Estrace is an estrogen which was also formerly used for antiandrogen therapy of prostate ...

3. Polyestradiol phosphate - Wikipedia

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   Polyestradiol phosphate (PEP), sold under the brand name Estradurin, is an estrogen medication which is used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. [1] [9] [2] [10] It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, as a component of hormone therapy to treat low estrogen levels and menopausal symptoms, and as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women.

4. Estradiol undecylate - Wikipedia

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   Estradiol undecylate has been used as a form of high-dose estrogen therapy to treat prostate cancer, but has since largely been superseded for this indication by newer agents with fewer adverse effects (e.g., gynecomastia and cardiovascular complications) like GnRH analogues and nonsteroidal antiandrogens.

5. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   High-dose estrogen therapy is used in the treatment of prostate cancer. [52] Estrogens that have been used include diethylstilbestrol , fosfestrol , ethinylestradiol , ethinylestradiol sulfonate , polyestradiol phosphate , and estradiol undecylate , as well as the dual estrogenic and cytostatic agent estramustine phosphate .

6. Estradiol (medication) - Wikipedia

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   [49] [52] Estrogens are effective in the treatment of prostate cancer by suppressing testosterone levels into the castrate range, increasing levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and thereby decreasing the fraction of free testosterone, and possibly also via direct cytotoxic effects on prostate cancer cells.

7. High-dose estrogen therapy - Wikipedia

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   HDE and pseudopregnancy have been used in medicine for a number of hormone-dependent indications, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, and endometriosis, among others. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] [ 2 ] Both natural or bioidentical estrogens and synthetic estrogens have been used and both oral and parenteral routes may be used.