Blasting Prostate Cancer with Testosterone

On 1 December 20163 December 2016 By DanIn Research

Here’s an interesting development in the field of prostate cancer research. The headline is a bit sensationalistic, but the researchers seem to be seeing “unexpected” and “exciting” results.

Professor Sam Denmeade, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, US, who led the study, said: “”Our goal is to shock the cancer cells by exposing them rapidly to very high followed by very low levels of testosterone in the blood. The results are unexpected and exciting.

Man ‘cured’ of prostate cancer after doctors shock tumour to death with testosterone

Update: 3 December 2016

Here’s the link to the abstract highlighting the preliminary results:

Rapid cycling high dose testosterone (Bipolar Androgen Therapy) as therapy for men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

4 thoughts on “Blasting Prostate Cancer with Testosterone”

Andrew Reynolds

The preliminary results are very encouraging. It’s a radical approach and hopefully will work.

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2 December 2016 at 09:18 Reply
1. Dan
  
  Agreed.
  
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  2 December 2016 at 09:24 Reply
Luigi Cappel

That’s really interesting. I’m taking Cyproterone to reduce my testosterone level on the basis that testosterone is feeding the tumors.

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2 December 2016 at 13:51 Reply
1. Dan
  
  I know. Nothing ever seems to make sense in the field of prostate cancer, does it?
  
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  2 December 2016 at 15:52 Reply