This fact sheet describes hormone therapy and its role in treating prostate cancer. Learn about the types of hormone therapy, how they are used, and possible side effects.

Jul 15, 2025 · Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is a treatment that lowers or blocks testosterone. This treatment also is called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Most prostate cancer cells need …

Hormone therapy is also called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The goal of this treatment is to reduce levels of male hormones, called androgens, in the body, or to stop them from fueling prostate …

Sep 16, 2024 · Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) has been the standard of care for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) for decades. 1, 2 However, despite initial …

Sep 16, 2024 · Purpose: For patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), delaying progression to castration-resistant disease is important not only for overall survival (OS) but …

Feb 3, 2025 · The Consumer’s Guide to Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer This type of hormone therapy can help extend the lives of people who have metastatic prostate cancer.

The German guideline for prostate cancer recommends androgen deprivation therapy for patients with a PSA doubling time <3 months, symptomatic local progression, proven distant metastasis, and …

Dr. Nicholas James presented the results of a STAMPEDE trial platform study evaluating the efficacy and safety of combining transdermal estradiol patches, as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), with …

Dec 16, 2025 · A recent Urology Times Clinical Forum in Chicago, moderated by Aaron Berger, MD, chief medical officer and director of Clinical Research for Associated Urological Specialists in Illinois, …

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), also called androgen ablation therapy or androgen suppression therapy, is an antihormone therapy whose main use is in treating prostate cancer. Prostate cancer …