Many men who undergo treatment for prostate cancer have hormone therapy that quickly reduces their testosterone to extremely low levels. (newscientist.com)
There was also no change based on whether patients had undergone hormone therapy, a common treatment for prostate cancer which lowers the male hormone and can be combined with daily radiation. (sciencedaily.com)
Identifying such a marker is important because we can then identify which men may benefit from new, more aggressive treatments for prostate cancer. (sciencedaily.com)