We know that “cycling” prostate cancer patients on and off high doses on testosterone while they are on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) appears to have significant therapeutic benefit in at least some patients (see, for example, here). … READ MORE …
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For those who are interested, the Answer Cancer Foundation has let us know that they will be holding an educational conference call/webinar at 8:00 pm Eastern (5:00 pm Pacific) today on the subject of bipolar androgen therapy in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Some readers will already have seen headlines like this one from The Vancouver Sun and/or this one from Fox News (which originally seems to have come from The Sun in the UK). … READ MORE …
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We have seen the ability of androgen deprivation to increase the efficacy of high dose IMRT in controlling prostate cancer (see this commentary). A new study from Johns Hopkins turns conventional logic on its head … READ MORE …
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A report just published in Science Translational Medicine describes a new mode of treatment for men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) which the authors have called “bipolar” androgen deprivation therapy (BAT). … READ MORE …
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Traditional forms of hormone therapy for prostate cancer are based on the idea that you reduce testosterone levels as low as you can so as to stop the ability of testosterone and its metabolites (e.g., dihydrotestosterone) to stimulate growth of prostatic tissues — including prostate cancer cells. … READ MORE …
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