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  2. Nonsteroidal antiandrogen - Wikipedia

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    Flutamide (Eulexin): Marketed for the treatment of prostate cancer and also used in the treatment of acne, hirsutism, and hyperandrogenism in women. [3] [4] It has also been studied in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. [6] Now little-used due to high incidence of elevated liver enzymes and hepatotoxicity and the availability of ...

  3. List of antineoplastic agents - Wikipedia

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    Prostate cancer: Myelosuppression, diarrhoea, kidney failure, hypersensitivity, severe GI reactions (including perforation, ileus, colitis, etc.; all rare) and peripheral neuropathy Docetaxel: IV: As above. Breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, squamous cell head and neck cancer and gastric cancer.

  4. Antiandrogen - Wikipedia

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    [16] [20] Monotherapy with the nonsteroidal antiandrogen bicalutamide is also used in the treatment of prostate cancer as an alternative to castration with comparable effectiveness but with a different and potentially advantageous side effect profile. [16] [21] [22] High-dose estrogen was the first functional antiandrogen used to treat prostate ...

  5. Androgen deprivation therapy - Wikipedia

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    Prostate cancer cells usually require androgen hormones, such as testosterone, to grow. ADT reduces the levels of androgen hormones, with drugs or surgery, to prevent the prostate cancer cells from growing. [1] The pharmaceutical approaches include antiandrogens and chemical castration.

  6. 5α-Reductase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] It can also reduce DHT levels in the prostate by 97 to 99% in men with prostate cancer. [11] [12] Epristeride (brand names Aipuliete, Chuanliu) is marketed in China for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. [13] [14] [15] However, it can only decrease circulating DHT levels by about 25 to 54%. [16]

  7. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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    High-dose estrogen therapy is used in the treatment of prostate cancer. [52] Estrogens that have been used include diethylstilbestrol, fosfestrol, ethinylestradiol, ethinylestradiol sulfonate, polyestradiol phosphate, and estradiol undecylate, as well as the dual estrogenic and cytostatic agent estramustine phosphate.

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