When we use androgen deprivation therapy, we are lowering testosterone levels typically by turning off the testes from making testosterone. This starves cancer cells, causing them to shut down, ...

Androgen deprivation therapy is commonly used to treat prostate cancer, often on an open-ended basis for therapy of advanced prostate cancer. It is estimated that 44 percent of men with prostate ...

It has been over 70 years since the initial description of prostate cancer androgen dependence by Huggins and Hodges leading to androgen deprivation becoming a mainstay treatment for the disease.

"Outside of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, both NCCN and ASCO do note that an osteoclast inhibitor (at ...

Male hormones, including testosterone, are called androgens, and treatment to shut down male hormones is known as androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT. Almost all men initially respond, sometimes ...

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer is associated with decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in patients. This decreased BMD can lead to an increased risk of fractures and ...

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) becomes less effective over time, but additional therapies like androgen receptor blockers and androgen synthesis inhibitors may extend life and improve the ...

I am Sandy Srinivas and I'm the host of the Medscape InDiscussion podcast series on prostate cancer. Today we want to talk about bone health and survivorship with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

"Androgen-deprivation therapy is commonly used to treat patients whose prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate. While most men initially respond to this therapy, the cancer nearly always ...

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Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is associated with an increased risk for dementia, a new study has found. Androgen deprivation therapy, or A.D.T., is used to treat prostate cancer of varying ...