Cancer Survivors Who Inspire Us
June 4 is National Cancer Survivors Day. To honor this occasion, we’re sharing the stories of six survivors who inspire us. Some are public figures who are famous the world over. Others are people...
Tag: androgen deprivation therapy
Researchers uncover how deadly prostate cancers are programmed to resist treatment
A clinical trial at OHSU and UC San Francisco points the way to potential targeted therapies. The drug enzalutamide is a mainstay of treatment for men with life-threatening prostate cancer that has...
Exercise study aims to ameliorate the adverse effects of prostate cancer therapy
A clinical trial getting underway at OHSU will compare two types of exercise – tai chi versus strength training – as a means to prevent falls and injuries in men who've received androgen...
Widely used prostate cancer treatment may worsen risk of falls
Men with prostate cancer became more vulnerable to falls if they used androgen deprivation therapy, and the heightened risk of falling persisted for more than a year after ending therapy, a study...