Finasteride And Flutamide In Prostate Cancer Treatment
Finasteride in the United States is marketed under a variety of names – Proscar, Propecia, Fincar, Finpecia, Finax, Finast, Finara, Finalo, Prosteride, Gefina, Appecia, Finasterid IVAX, and Finasterid Alternova. It is a synthetic antiandrogen that acts by inhibiting type II 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that aids in the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT [...]
Cancer Chemotherapy Prostate – A good Treatment Option
Chemotherapy is generally one of the better known treatments for most forms of cancer. It is the administration of specifically tailored drugs to a cancer sufferer with the intention of the drugs getting into the bloodstream and killing off the cancer cells that are in the body.
One of the biggest merits of chemotherapy is that [...]
Efficacy Of Hormonal Treatment In Prostate Cancer
In much the same way as the female sex hormones have been implicated in the incidence of breast and ovarian cancers in females, the male sex hormones have also been found to contribute in a huge way to prostate cancer risk in men. It might appear ironical how the same endocrines that are responsible [...]
