Nolvadex With Prostate Cancer Posted: 07-20-07 02:53am
Can I treat prostate cancer with nolvadex?
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Re: Nolvadex With Prostate Cancer Posted: 08-30-07 07:45am
painman
wrote:
Can I treat prostate cancer
with nolvadex?
The growth of prostate cancer is known to
be stimulated by the male (androgenic)
hormone, testosterone, and therefore the
early use of an anti-androgen (a drug
which blocks the testosterone receptor),
in addition to standard treatment, could
improve the outlook for men with prostate
cancer. Such medicine, anti-androgen
Casodex, reduces the risk of the cancer
progressing and reduces the risk of the
cancer spreading. And on the other side
Nolvadex is an anti-estrogen and is not
used to treat prostate cancer, but breast
cancer. So, you can't treat prostate
cancer with Nolvadex.
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