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Why Prostate Cancer Patients Fail Hormone Deprivation Therapy

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Why Prostate Cancer Patients Fail Hormone Deprivation Therapy Article Date: 03 Jan 2009 - 1:00 PST The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a tempor READ MORE
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Older Prostate Cancer May Not Benefit From Treatment

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Older Prostate Cancer May Not Benefit From Treatment by GLORIA GAMAT on July 10th, 2008 Some hormone-blocking drugs may not be beneficial to the elderly prostate cancer patients. Such were th READ MORE
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Short-Term Hormone Therapy Can Delay Prostate Cancer Growth By Up To 8 Years

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Short-Term Hormone Therapy Can Delay Prostate Cancer Growth By Up To 8 Years by GLORIA GAMAT on January 4th, 2008 Just four months of hormonal (androgen deprivation) therapy before and with stan READ MORE
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Prostate Cancer Treatments and Hormone Deprivation

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Prostate Cancer Treatments and Hormone Deprivation January 16th, 2009 Forgive me for being somewhat cynical but reading between the lines of this article and without limiting the brilliance of the r READ MORE
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Biological Therapy for Prostate Cancer

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Another kind of treatment is biological therapy. This treatment uses proteins to trigger the body's immune system to produce more white blood cells (or lymphocytes). Two lymphocytes that can attack an READ MORE
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Purpose of Hormone Therapy

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The purpose of hormone therapy is to lower the level of the male hormones, called androgens, which are produced mostly in the testicles. This is because androgens, such as testosterone, help the prost READ MORE
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Hormonal Therapy-Detailed

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Hormonal therapy prevents cancer cells from getting the male hormones they need to grow. It is called systemic therapy because it can affect cancer cells throughout the body. Systemic therapy is used READ MORE
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