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

The primary strategy of hormonal therapy is to decrease the production of testosterone by the testes or block the actions that testosterone has on the prostate cells. Hormonal therapy cannot cure pros

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

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

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

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

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

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