Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone therapy, which is the standard treatment for patients, and begin producing their own androgens
When famed cyclist Lance Armstrong developed testicular cancer, he had sperm stored so he could father children later a process that's now well-established for that type of cancer.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have pinpointed a set of biological mechanisms through which estrogen confers its beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, independent of the hormone's actions on cancer.