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2. Leuprorelin - Wikipedia

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   Lupron injection was approved by the FDA for treatment of advanced prostate cancer on 9 April 1985. [45] [4] [43] [44] Lupron depot for monthly intramuscular injection was approved by the FDA for palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer on 26 January 1989. [8]

3. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist - Wikipedia

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   A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones. [1] They are used for a variety of indications including in fertility medicine and to lower sex hormone levels in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers such as prostate cancer and breast cancer, certain gynecological disorders like heavy periods and endometriosis ...

4. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulator - Wikipedia

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   A GnRH modulator, or GnRH receptor modulator, also known as an LHRH modulator or LHRH receptor modulator, is a type of medication which modulates the GnRH receptor, the biological target of the hypothalamic hormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH; also known as luteinizing-releasing hormone, or LHRH).

5. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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   It was previously used in the treatment of breast cancer, but has been replaced by more effective and less toxic agents.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 cancer. [2] Polyestradiol phosphate is a long-acting derivative of estradiol that is applied as an intramuscular injection.

6. Medical uses of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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   Bicalutamide is used primarily in the treatment of early and advanced prostate cancer. [1] It is approved at a dosage of 50 mg/day as a combination therapy with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH analogue) or orchiectomy (that is, surgical or medical castration) in the treatment of stage D2 metastatic prostate cancer (mPC), [2] [3] and as a monotherapy at a dosage of 150 mg/day ...

7. Goserelin - Wikipedia

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   Goserelin, sold under the brand name Zoladex among others, is a medication which is used to suppress production of the sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen), particularly in the treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer. [2] [3] It is an injectable gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist). Structurally, it is a decapeptide.