My father is 60 years old. He has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and has been prescribed this drug called cyprostat. I am interested in the mechanism this drugs works and what are the rates for my father;s survival? Thank you
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Hello! I am sorry that your father got ill but I can’t tell you what his survival rates are. Only his doctor can tell you that. However, I can give you some info on this drug as my husband has used it after the surgery to control hot flushes that may arise in men who have had surgery for the prostate cancer. Prostate cancers need the androgen testosterone in order to grow and spread. Cyprostat works by preventing testosterone from binding to androgen receptors in the prostate gland. It also acts on the hypothalamus in the brain, which results in a reduction in the amount of testosterone produced by the body. It therefore starves prostate cancer cells of testosterone, which prevents them growing. Eventually the prostate tumour will shrink. Cyprostat is usually used along with some other drugs known as a gonadorelin or LHRH analogue.
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