Hormone therapy for prostate cancer does have limitations. Right now, it's usually used only in men whose cancer has recurred or spread elsewhere in the body. But even in cases where removing or ...

Prostate cancer cells need male hormones called androgens to grow. Testosterone and DHT (dihydrotestosterone) are androgens. Most androgens are made in the testicles. Hormone therapy keeps ...

Why Hormone Therapy Stops Working Prostate cancer is unique in that it relies on testosterone for survival and growth. Testosterone is an androgen and the primary sex hormone in males.

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is aimed at reducing or eliminating the amount of testosterone in your body to slow or stop prostate cancer cells from growing and multiplying. Hormone therapy ...

In June this year, Paul Henderson received test results showing elevated PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels. In this ...

When patients have recurrent prostate cancer or low amounts of prostate cancer, low-volume prostate cancer, we sometimes think about using just the ADT and the hormonal pills and sometimes even add on ...

Prostate cancers that require combination of radiation with hormonal therapy are, in most cases, the intermediate and high-risk ones. The intermediate-risk and high-risk cancers are classified ...

Nearly all men respond to initial treatment with hormone therapy. Accordingly, prostate cancer is referred to as a hormone sensitive disease. The problem that many, many encounter though, is that ...

Scientists have discovered how prostate cancer can sometimes withstand and outwit a standard hormone therapy, causing the cancer to spread. Their findings also point to a simple blood test that ...

Hormone therapy is a common treatment option for prostate cancer, but it may increase the risk of death from heart disease, especially in older men, a new study finds. Dr. William Dahut, a ...