Will castration prevent prostate cancer?

In Prostate cancer prevention, the guidelines vary from country to country. But all commonly do not recommend castration simply bacause it is too agressive a procedure with lots of adverse effects. Even if removing the testes may prevent the cancer. It probably will if the cancer is only totally testosterone dependent. read more

Three anti-androgens are approved by the FDA to treat advanced prostate cancer: bicalutamide (Casodex), flutamide (available only as a generic), and nilutamide (Nilandron). When used alone, anti-androgens may not be as effective as medical or surgical castration. read more

For some men with metastatic prostate cancer, surgical castration to remove the testicles (orchiectomy) could be a better option than"chemical castration" achieved by long-term use of prostate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist products, as it may carry less risk for adverse events, suggests a new study published online December 23 in JAMA Oncology. read more