Hormone delivery via skin patch may ease prostate cancer treatment side effects, Top Health News | Latest Healthcare Sector & Healthcare Industry news, Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

Prostate cancer cells usually require male androgen hormones, such as testosterone, to grow. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) employs drugs that block the androgens’ “pathway” to receptor proteins on cancer cells, along with so-called luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) drugs that are injected or implanted to lower the testicles’ production of testosterone., Prostate cancer cells usually require male androgen hormones, such as testosterone, to grow. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) employs drugs that block the androgens’ “pathway” to receptor proteins on cancer cells, along with so-called luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) drugs that are injected or implanted to lower the testicles’ production of testosterone., , Read More

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