For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone helps prostate cancer grow. But a very different picture has emerged over the past two decades. The prostate is a small gland that sits ...
This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. PSA and Testosterone: Are They Linked? Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a term you’ll probably become familiar with once you start getting ...
SAN ANTONIO — A small pilot study delivered a big message about the use of testosterone in men with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer, according to a "Best Abstract" presented at the Sexual ...
Among prostate cancer patients under active surveillance, low testosterone levels were associated with a statistically significant increased risk of "extreme" progression to grade group 3 or higher ...
The testosterone threshold should be less than 10 ng/dL rather than less than 50 ng/dL for gauging advanced prostate cancer prognosis in patients on ADT. Examining sustained testosterone suppression ...
Q. You recently wrote that testosterone does not increase the risk for heart attacks. But you overlooked the real risk of testosterone therapy: cancer! I survived advanced prostate cancer seven years ...
In prostate cancer, hormone therapy is treatment to keep the cancer cells from getting testosterone, the main male hormone (androgen). Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is also called ...
Q. You recently wrote that testosterone does not increase the risk for heart attacks. But you overlooked the real risk of testosterone therapy: cancer! I survived advanced prostate cancer seven years ...
Los Angeles, Calif. – Testosterone therapy does not cause adverse effects on the prostate in older men with hypogonadism, commonly known as low testosterone or low T, according to a clinical trial ...