In a study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a group of Chinese scientists revealed the oncometabolite role of progesterone in advanced prostate cancer and strategies to eliminate its oncogenic effect as an aspect of prostate ...
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Patients receiving radiotherapy to treat high-risk prostate cancer also benefit from androgen deprivation therapy. The ideal duration of treatment may be roughly two years if receiving external beam radiation and one year ...
Feb 28, 2022
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Results from an international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial indicate that adding the androgen-receptor inhibitor darolutamide to androgen-deprivation therapy and chemotherapy prolongs ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Results of a large study led by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers could help guide treatment planning for patients with high-risk prostate cancer.
Jan 20, 2022
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Many patients with prostate cancer are treated with drugs that lower or block hormones that fuel tumor growth. While the drugs are effective for a time, most patients eventually develop resistance to these therapies.
Nov 5, 2021
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Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the leading causes of global cancer-related deaths among men. While a standard systemic therapy called "androgen deprivation therapy" (ADT) is widely administered to reduce the level of androgen—the ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Research led by the Centenary Institute has found that a compound extracted from a commonly cultivated orchid could be a potential new treatment option for prostate cancer.
Sep 20, 2021
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The doctoral thesis of A. B. M. Kaiser Manjur, M.Sc., at the Faculty of Health Sciences, provides novel insights into two medically important transcription factors (TFs), glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and androgen receptor ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Cancer cells have an uncanny ability to evolve and adapt to overcome the treatments used against them.
Jun 18, 2021
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Hormonal contraceptives, e.g. the pill, the patch, and the vaginal ring, contain synthetic hormones that prevent pregnancy by either stopping ovulation, changing the cervical mucus to stop sperm from passing through the cervix ...
May 28, 2021
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