Sentences with phrase «called androgen deprivation therapy»
Hormone - lowering therapy is also called androgen deprivation therapy or androgen suppression therapy.
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Denmeade says the combination of drugs that block testosterone production and receptors, called androgen deprivation therapy, may make prostate cancer more aggressive over time by enabling prostate cancer cells to subvert attempts to block testosterone receptors.
«A significant number of advanced prostate cancer patients treated with a chemical castration therapy called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) experience relapse with relentless progression to lethal metastatic, castration - resistant prostate cancer,» said Ronald DePinho, M.D., professor of Cancer Biology.
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Researchers have investigated whether a technique called intermittent androgen deprivation can improve the effectiveness of hormone therapy for prostate cancer — that is, whether it delays the development of hormone resistance.