Urologic evaluation before treatment is indicated when baseline prostate specific antigen (PSA) is ≥4 ng/mL (3 ng/mL for those at increased risk of prostate cancer, such as African-Americans and men ...

Prostate cancer begins as an androgen-dependent tumor that undergoes clinical regression in response to pharmacological or surgical strategies that reduce testosterone concentration. Despite this ...

For decades, men with prostate cancer were routinely advised against testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), even if they had ...

Androgen is a male sex steroid hormone that exerts important physiological functions leading to masculine characteristics, maturation of reproductive systems, and bone metabolism. The major ...

I f prostate cancer has spread to other areas of your body, your doctor may recommend androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which halts the production of androgen hormones, especially testosterone.

Scientists have discovered a new way to boost muscle strength without the dangerous side effects of traditional androgens. A powerful male hormone called 5α-DHT normally drives bone density and muscle ...

When transgender men transition, their risk for breast cancer tends to plummet and look more like the breast cancer risk for cisgender men, excluding those with high-risk mutations like BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

Researchers from the University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka have created a world-first epigenetic tool that has implications for medicine, sports, and agriculture. In a study published in the ...

Researchers have created an epigenetic tool which has implications for medicine, sports, and agriculture. Researchers from the University of Otago -- Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka have created a world-first ...

Total testosterone represents the sum of free, or bioavailable, testosterone and a more sizeable proportion bound to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and albumin. Total testosterone readings may ...