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androgen deprivation therapy

– also called ADT. Treatment to reduce levels of androgens (male hormones) in the body. For example, since androgens stimulate prostate cancer to grow, ADT often makes prostate cancers shrink or grow more slowly. See also anti-androgens, chemical castration, hormone therapy, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonists, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists, orchiectomy, testosterone.

Hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy for prostate cancer

... Cryosurgery for prostate cancer. Next Topic. Chemotherapy for prostate cancer.
Hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy for prostate cancer. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-hormone-therapy

Hormone Therapy Not Shown to Benefit Older Patients with ...

... In recent years, though, androgen deprivation therapy has become an
increasingly popular first-line alternative to the 3 most common treatments ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/hormone-therapy-not-shown-to-benefit-older-patients-with-early-prostate-cancer

Complementary and alternative therapies for prostate cancer

... Complementary and alternative therapies for prostate cancer. ... What
exactly are complementary and alternative therapies? ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-c-a-m

Cancer Glossary

... Some alternative therapies are known to cause harmful or even ... androgen
ablation Search. see androgen blockade, androgen deprivation therapy. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=a

Cancer Glossary

... See also androgen deprivation therapy, hormone receptor, hormone receptor
assay. ... See also androgen deprivation therapy, menopause. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=h

Radiation therapy for prostate cancer

... Next Topic. Cryosurgery for prostate cancer. Radiation therapy for prostate
cancer. ... External beam radiation therapy (EBRT). ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-radiation-therapy

Expectant management (watchful waiting) and active ...

... or extent of tumor (based on the number of biopsy samples containing tumor)
are both signals to start treatment (usually surgery or radiation therapy ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-watchful-waiting

Prostate cancer that remains or recurs after treatment

... If this stops working, an anti-androgen may be added. Hormone therapy will
be given as long as the cancer is responding (based on the PSA level ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-recurrence

Cryosurgery for prostate cancer

... Radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Next Topic. Hormone (androgen
deprivation) therapy for prostate cancer. Cryosurgery for prostate cancer. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-cryosurgery

Combination Therapy Increases Survival in Some Prostate ...

... The 10-year survival rate for men who received androgen deprivation therapy
(ADT) combined with radiation was 62%, compared to 57% for men ...

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/guidetocancerdrugs/combination-therapy-increases-survival-in-some-prostate-cancer-patients