title: Hormonal treatment in prostate cancer.
abstract: Prostate cancer is one of the most current diseases in elderly men and contributes greatly to the increase in mortality, morbidity and cost of health care. An adequate therapeutical approach requires a whole set of methods for establishing a correct histologic diagnosis and evaluating the local and general spread of the disease. As most of the neoplastic cells in the prostate are at least partly androgen-dependent, the goal of the hormonal therapy is to deprive them of androgenic hormones and their derivatives. On this purpose, the most important means of the hormonal therapy, starting with the traditional ones (orchidectomy, hypophysectomy, adrenalectomy, androgens administration) and ending with the latest achievements (anti-androgens, antiestrogens, LH--RH analogous) are scrutinized, making specific recommendations as to their indications, way of administration and effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Clinic, Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zbranca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Preda
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D045166:Estradiol Congeners / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000726:Androgen Antagonists; D045166:Estradiol Congeners; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D006728:Hormones; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone