Total androgen blockade

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Total androgen blockade
TermTotal androgen blockade
Short definitiontotal androgen blockade - (pronounced) (TOH-tul AN-droh-jen blah-KAYD) Treatment to block androgen (male hormone) activity in the body. This can be done by giving an antiandrogen drug and removing the testicles (orchiectomy), or by giving an antiandrogen drug with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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total androgen blockade - (pronounced) (TOH-tul AN-droh-jen blah-KAYD) Treatment to block androgen (male hormone) activity in the body. This can be done by giving an antiandrogen drug and removing the testicles (orchiectomy), or by giving an antiandrogen drug with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist. Total androgen blockade can stop the growth of cancer cells that need androgens to grow and is used in the treatment of prostate cancer. Also called combined androgen blockade and total androgen blockade

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