This page is about hormone therapy for metastatic prostate cancer . Prostate cancer that has not spread is called localised prostate cancer. Or locally advanced prostate cancer. We have separate ...

Hormone patches are as good at controlling locally advanced prostate cancer as the injections typically used to deliver hormone therapy, according to the results of a large clinical trial led by UCL ...

A randomized phase III trial run out of the United Kingdom has found that estradiol skin patches suppress testosterone as effectively as standard hormone injections in men with locally advanced or ...

Prostate cancer researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are launching two new collaborations that will make use of cutting-edge genetic technology to help improve patients’ treatment ...

We have separate information about treatment for prostate cancer that hasn't spread to another part of the body. Treatment for metastatic prostate cancer can help to reduce symptoms, make you feel ...

Women's HRT patches can treat prostate cancer just as effectively as standard hormone injections—but with fewer of the worst side effects—according to a large UK trial published in the New England ...

A clinical trial on 1360 men, led by University College London, found that oestrogen patches were just as effective as hormone therapy injections at preventing men from dying from prostate cancer. The ...

Patches typically used to alleviate symptoms of menopause in women could offer a new treatment pathway for a specific type of prostate cancer, according to a new study. Researchers at University ...

Consultant urological surgeon Prof Nikhil Vasdev outlines what you should know about the second-most common cause of cancer death in men Phil Hilton is a journalist with a focus on health, wellbeing, ...

GIVING prostate cancer patients HRT patches could be just as effective at stopping the disease spreading, a groundbreaking study shows. Roughly 2.6 million women in the UK are now prescribed the ...