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What hormonal drug therapy can a prostate cancer patient be given after orchiectomy?
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Medications that prevent the production of testosterone: [goserelin or leuprolide acetate]); radiation treatment; chemotherapy.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoHormonal therapy (The drugs that are usually given for prostate cancer are either medications that oppose the action of male sex hormones [anti-androgens, usually flutamide or nilutamide].
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