Antiandrogen medications may be used to treat both early-stage and advanced prostate cancer by lowering or blocking the supply of male sex hormones that encourage the growth and spread of the cancer.
The doctor and the patient will decide on the treatment mode after considering many factors. Such factors include the patient's age, the stage of the tumor, his general health, and the presence of...
The first question is whether or not to treat it. A small slow growing prostate cancer may take 20 or more years to actually cause problems so it may not be appropriate to treat in older or sicker...