Castration and testosterone therapy
Why castration? When talking about men, castration means the deactivation or removal of the testes. Castrations are performed on men to treat some cancers and hormone related issues. Testes produce androgen hormones like testosterone that are responsible for sexual desire and male characteristics. They also happen to feed some cancers and often, removal is the […]
Does Low T Increase the Risk of Prostate Cancer?
There’s been a lot of discussion recently concerning the link between testosterone in males and the progression of prostate cancer. For many years we have associated prostate cancer with high levels of testosterone but recent studies suggest the opposite. Testosterone is produced by the testes. Men need it for sexual function and like all hormones […]
Testosterone Therapy Doesn’t Hike Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) (testosterone therapy) is not associated with aggressive prostate cancer (PCa) and does not increase overall or disease-specific mortality, according to a study that also revealed that TRT use is low among men in the United States. Alan L. Kaplan, MD, and Jim C. Hu, MD, of the University of California Los Angeles David […]