Updated relationship between testosterone and prostate cancer.
- Author:
Zhong-Quan SUN
;
Zhi-Yuan SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Prostatic Neoplasms;
Testosterone
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2014;20(8):675-678
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Androgen deprivation therapy can effectively suppress the progression of prostate cancer, but accumulating evidence for the relationship of testosterone with prostate cancer challenges the conventional wisdom. High levels of testosterone are not risk factors for prostate cancer, nor promote its development. On the contrary, a low testosterone level indicates a worse pathological stage. So far there has been no strong evidence to prove the role of testosterone in the occurrence and progression of prostate cancer. Therefore, the relationship between testosterone and prostate cancer is quite complicated and deserves further investigation.
