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    Glossary Antiandrogen Therapy

    reduces or blocks male hormones to treat certain conditions

    Antiandrogen Therapy, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), is a treatment that reduces the levels or blocks the effects of androgens (male hormones like testosterone) in the body. This therapy is commonly used to treat conditions like prostate cancer and androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness) by slowing the growth of cancer cells or reducing hair loss, respectively.

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    1. Androgen Therapy in Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2006 · 282 citations
    2. Androgen Therapy in Women: A Reappraisal: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2014 · 251 citations
    3. Androgen insufficiency in women: diagnostic and therapeutic implications Human Reproduction Update · 2004 · 59 citations
    4. The therapeutic use of androgens in women The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 1999 · 51 citations
    5. Androgens and Anti-androgen Therapy Archives of Dermatology · 1984 · 30 citations
    6. What is the Rationale for Androgen Therapy for Women? Treatments in Endocrinology · 2003 · 20 citations
    7. The role of androgen therapy Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2002 · 9 citations
    8. The role of androgens in hormone replacement therapy Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy · 2005 · 6 citations
    9. Androgen replacement therapy in women Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2012 · 1 citations
    10. Clinical Evaluation of Women Presenting with Low Libido and Determination of Whether Androgen Therapy Might Be Appropriate Seminars in Reproductive Medicine · 2006 · 1 citations
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    1. Bicalutamide Nonsteroidal anti-androgen, originally a prostate cancer drug
    2. Clascoterone Topical androgen-receptor blocker, approved as an acne cream
    3. Spironolactone Blood-pressure and diuretic drug with anti-androgen effects
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