New research from the IU School of Medicine found a discovery that could lead to new treatments for prostate cancer. The ...

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer has come a long way in the past few decades. Not so long ago, the only hormonal treatment for this disease was drastic: an orchiectomy, the surgical removal of ...

A growing array of pharmaceutical options has investigators trying to figure out which drugs and drug combinations are the ...

Sep. 4, 2024 — A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in early disease, while elevating the hormone can delay ...

The intended therapeutic effect of gonadotropin-releasing-hormone (GnRH) agonists is hypogonadism, which is a leading cause of osteoporosis in men. Observations are consistent with this effect ...

We have hormone ... treatments up along with testosterone decrease, that men can have increases of more than two years in their disease trajectory and life expectancy. For advanced prostate ...

Pfitzenmaier and Altwein in their very readable article explain the advantage of hormone therapy in locally advanced prostate cancer with an unfavourable Gleason score. Further, they show in a ...

A study to develop "tailored treatments" for prostate cancer sufferers ... best suited to an individual man's cancer, they hope to significantly extend life expectancy. They predict it has the ...

Some prostate cancers can be cured with treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy. Hormone therapy may also slow cancer growth. It may also be possible to destroy the cancer cells using extreme ...

Prostate cancer is a health issue that impacts individuals worldwide, and choosing the best treatment can be difficult, given the wide array of options available for consideration. One notable ...

Researchers conducted a post hoc, retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 182 patients with recurrent prostate cancer ...

Radiation Therapy: High dose radiation is also used for a cureity treatment in localized prostate cancer. Hormonal Therapy: Medications that lower hormone levels, which can stimulate tumor growth ...