Prostate cancer is a serious concern for men. As of yet, there are no treatments that have held strong promise for a majority of the population. Because the disease feeds off of testosterone, many treatments start by depriving the body of this chemical in an effort to starve it out. It is very surprising then that a recent study was able to cure some men of prostate cancer by overloading the cells with testosterone. All of the men were previously resistant to other treatments, and those that weren’t cured showed falling PSA levels.
Key Takeaways:
- Most prostate cancer therapies are actually focused on depriving tumors of testosterone, because the cancer uses the hormone as fuel; that is why the results of this study are so surprising.
- Other critically ill men who took part in the same trial showcased similar and equally impressive results.
- Scientists remained astonished by their shrinking tumors and by the cessation of disease progression.
“The majority of the 47 trial participants also exhibited falling levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a blood marker used to monitor prostate cancer.”