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    GlossaryAndrogen Suppression (Androgen Blockade)

    reducing or blocking male hormones to slow cancer growth

    Androgen Suppression, also known as Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT), involves reducing or blocking the action of androgens (male hormones like testosterone) to slow the growth of certain cancers, such as prostate cancer. This can be achieved through medications that inhibit androgen production or through surgical procedures like orchiectomy (removal of the testes).

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      learn Clascoterone

      a novel topical treatment that inhibits DHT on androgen receptors

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      a topical anti-androgen with less systemic involvement

      learn Pyrilutamide

      highly targeted anti-androgen that might have minimal systemic effects

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      a nonsteroidal anti-androgen, most commonly used orally for women

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      a synthetic anti-androgen and weak progestogen that inhibits DHT binding to androgen receptor
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