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New prostate cancer drug could solve two problems with today’s treatment – Brisbane Times
A professor at Griffith University has been working for the past 25 years on a drug that would address those concerns.
A common treatment for advanced prostate cancer is to use hormone blockers to reduce the amount of hormones such as testosterone, and in some cases the mans testes are removed to prevent further production of hormones.
Professor Richardson said while that could be effective in the short term, a number of cases saw the cancer become resistant to the treatment and start growing again.
These drugs have an unexpected mechanism where they can wipe out the prostate cancer by what we call androgen-de…
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