Therapy using hormones to treat prostate cancer is dangerous for people with a history of heart disease

The article alerted the medical doctors to treat and patients with prostate cancer but had a history of heart disease.

Previously, men diagnosed with prostate cancer were often treated with hormonal hormones by doctors to help reduce and fight cancer. However, this therapy is extremely dangerous for patients with previous history of heart disease .

' Patients with prostate cancer who have a history of heart disease need to be reconsidered on treatment regimens and the viability of hormonal hormonal treatment ' - researcher Dr. Nataniel Lester- Sb of Yale University said in a press release.

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Nataniel Lester-Sb said that prostate tumors are usually thriving by the presence of many harmful hormones such as testosterone, so the hormonal hormones used to treat cancer Prostate is thought to be positive. However, it is only positive on normal patients, but for patients with a history of heart disease, this therapy is very dangerous.

To get this conclusion, Nataniel Lester-Sb and his team conducted an analysis of online medical records of prostate cancer patients and possible risks of illness.

The results showed that the use of hormone therapy in the body of prostate cancer patients has the ability to improve health and quality of life (for patients without pre-existing heart disease).

However, it is worrisome for patients with prehistoric heart disease to use this hormone therapy to have more heart attacks .

And the analytical results show that the risk of heart attack and death is even higher than that of patients suffering from pain or the risk of dying from prostate cancer. At the same time, hormonal efficacy to treat prostate cancer is greatly hindered by the effectiveness of treatment - Dr. Manish Vira, Vice President of Urology Research at Arthur Smith Institute for Urology in New Hyde Park said. An announcement.

Currently, the international scientific community is continuing to study what is the cause of such contradictory situation and will also make treatment regimens and respond to dangerous side effects that hormonal hormone therapy Causes prostate cancer patients with history of heart disease.

This research has been presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting held in Boston.

According to Wikipedia, prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate gland, a gland in the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer develops slowly, however, there are cases of metastatic cancer. Cancer cells can spread (spread) from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially on bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer can be painful and difficult to urinate, have sexual problems, or erectile dysfunction. Other symptoms are likely to develop in the later stages of the disease.

Huynh Dung ( According to UPI)