Prostate News Archive
03-Jun-2008
Bringing awareness about prostate cancer: Survivor talks about his experience (The Charter)
Tuesday, May 27th, the Newfoundland and Labrador prostate Cancer Support Group hosted a prostate cancer information session at the Placentia Royal Canadian Legion featuring Graham Mercer as a guest speaker. How Advanced Prostate Cancer Becomes Resistant To Androgen-Deprivation Therapy (Medical News Today)
For the past 70 years the treatment of choice for advanced, metastatic prostate cancer has been androgen-deprivation therapy. That is, the suppression of circulating testosterone - the hormone that fuels prostate-cancer growth - via surgical castration (orchiectomy) or medical castration with testosterone-blocking drugs. How advanced prostate cancer becomes resistant to androgen-deprivation therapy (News-Medical-Net)
For the past 70 years the treatment of choice for advanced, metastatic prostate cancer has been androgen-deprivation therapy. That is, the suppression of circulating testosterone - the hormone that fuels prostate-cancer growth - via surgical castration (orchiectomy) or medical castration with testosterone-blocking drugs. While such therapy buys time for patients, it is not a cure, as inevitably ...
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