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.

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