A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death with huge amounts of testosterone.
The result has been described as 'unexpected' and 'exciting' because most prostate cancer therapies work by depriving tumours of testosterone, because cancer uses it as a fuel.
"The trial involved three cycles of "bipolar androgen therapy" (BAT) which involves alternately flooding and starving the body of the male hormone testosterone."
Basically, every 28 days the men receive a high dose of testosterone, while at the same time, they get a drug which stops testosterone being produced naturally in the testicles.
Any cancer which can be cured is exciting news.
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Any cancer which can be cured is exciting news.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
