Androgen-deprivation therapy may be an effective treatment in prostate cancer, though its side effects may result in a loss of quality of life for patients. Allowing low-risk patients to take breaks between treatmentsa practice known as intermittent hormonal therapy, or a “hormone holiday”—...
Prostatic hyperplasia (PH) is a common urologic disease that affects mostly elderly men. PH can be classified as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or prostate cancer (PCa) based on its severity. Oxidative stress (OS) is known to influence the activitie
also known ashormone therapy, which reduces the patient's production of the male sex hormonetestosterone. Testosterone helps prostate cancer cells grow and spread, and the hormone therapy effectively reduces the growth-stimulating effects. But Freedland said ADT has two downsides: It doesn't completel...
also known ashormone therapy, which reduces the patient's production of the male sex hormonetestosterone. Testosterone helps prostate cancer cells grow and spread, and the hormone therapy effectively reduces the growth-stimulating effects. But Freedland said ADT has two downsides: It doesn't completel...
disease do not die from it. However, outcomes are much poorer in patients with an advanced form of the disease called metastatic castration-resistantprostate cancer(mCRPC). In mCRPC, the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, and continues to progress despite treatment with hormone ...