Why Prostate Cancer Patients Fail Hormone Deprivation Therapy
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors usually regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, researchers have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells in patients who no longer respond to this therapy.