Hormone therapy

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised a new indication for anastrozole, to prevent breast cancer in post-menopausal women at moderate or high risk of developing the disease. The hormone treatment was already authorised for use in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women and has been used off-label for […]

Scientists revealed in a new study how gut bacteria contribute to the progression of advanced prostate cancers and their resistance to hormone therapy by providing an alternative source of growth-promoting androgens, or male hormones.  Hormone therapy is the standard of care for advanced prostate cancer and works by lowering levels of androgens. But researchers found […]