What is 'prostate hormone therapy'?

What is 'prostate hormone therapy'?

Mark Vogel (Board Certified Urologist) gives expert video advice on: What is 'prostate hormone therapy'?; Who should get prostate hormone therapy?; What are the side effects of prostate hormone therapy?

Since we know that prostate cancer grows under the influence of male hormone or testosterone, therapy can be delivered to the body that would counteract that effect. Currently, we use hormone therapy which is an injection that's given monthly and can be given as long as every four months or beyond, in which it counteracts the effect of the testosterone.