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Study shows hormone therapy can speed prostate cancer

University of Rochester researchers suggest that hormone therapy, the most common treatment for advanced prostate cancer, can boomerang to make the cancer more deadly. This conclusion is based on research on mice.

It’s well known that male sex hormones promote the growth of prostate cancer. That’s why doctors use hormone therapy — chemical or physical castration — to shut off these tumor-promoting androgens. [ continue reading ]