androgen

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The researchers took prostate cancer cells that did not reflect the gene fusion but that were sensitive to androgen, a male hormone known to play a role in some prostate cancers.

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  1. noun A steroid hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics. Also called androgenic hormone.

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  • The length ratio between those two fingers is determined during the development of the fetus and the relatively longer ring finger indicates greater exposure to the male hormone androgen, the researchers noted. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
  • Men do not own a corner on the labor market to be paid more than a woman just because men have testosterone and androgen, and women have estrogen and progesterone. —  BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
  • But a new study by physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that men over age 70 with high-risk prostate cancer lived longer and experienced increases in PSA less frequently when treated with long-term androgen deprivation therapy. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Provenge is a biologic drug given by infusion to spur the immune system to fight advanced prostate cancer that doesn't respond to anti-androgen treatment. —  WebMD Health
  • Those men had metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer, meaning their cancer had spread and wasn't responding to anti-androgen treatment. —  WebMD Health
 

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