ADT

Orgovyx - The Newest Hormone Treatment (ADT) for Prostate Cancer

Orgovyx - The Newest Hormone Treatment (ADT) for Prostate Cancer

HERO demonstrated that Orgovyx was superior to Lupron in maintaining castration from day 29 up to week 48. Orgovyx also showed an almost a five-fold reduction in the risk of subsequent major cardiac events, a concern for men on Lupron.

Hope - Maybe Changing Hormone Therapy?

Hope - Maybe Changing Hormone Therapy?

The mainstay for prostate cancer treatment at all stages is hormone therapy (ADT), but ADT eventually fails. A team at Duke Cancer Institute has been working on an alternative treatment approach that would bypass this problem.

Does Hormone Therapy (ADT) Work?

Through the work of Huggins et al. [1] in 1941, it was shown that metastatic prostate cancer responds positively to an orchiectomy (surgical castration). We now know that there isn’t any other therapy which produces a more reliable regression of both distant and local disease than androgen withdrawal (ADT). 

Is Abiraterone Acetate (Zytiga) A Good Alternative for Men with Prostate Cancer Who Are Not Responsive to Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)? 

Men with metastatic prostate cancer (mCRPC) who do not respond to hormone therapy (ADT) or who experience early progression (≤1year) have a poor prognosis.   There is no consensus regarding the proper next therapy for these men.  

The Difference Between an Agonist, an Antiandrogen and an Antagonist in ADT?

Primary, or first line Hormone Therapy (ADT) can involve some different drugs. However, the constant standard includes either a GnRH agonist, such as leuprolide or an antagonist like Firmagon and an antiandrogen like Casodex. 

Questioning the Wisdom of Combined Androgen Therapy

One of the questions that often come up is how long a man should use an antiandrogen drug like Casodex along with a GnRH agonist like Lupron or Zoladex?  There is no question that an antiandrogen needs to be used before the first dosage of the agonist (Lupron), but should the antiandrogen be stopped or should it be continued along with the agonist (combining an antiandrogen along with the GnRH agonist is often referred to as a combined androgen blockade)?

The Difference Between Agonists, Antiandrogens, and Antagonist in ADT

First line Hormone Therapy (ADT) involves the use of different drugs. These drugs include three different classes of medications with three different modes of action.  They include the GnRH agonists, such as leuprolide, antagonists like Firmagon and the antiandrogens like Casodex. 

Hormone Therapy Negatively Impacts African American Men

A study found that African American men had a higher rate of death from non-prostate cancer problems than non-African American men after receiving short-term hormone therapy (ADT) prior to having brachytherapy (seeds).  There are significant implications beyond this research for African Americans using ADT for any purpose, including he treatment of advanced (progressive) prostate cancer.