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The role of serum testosterone concentration in patients under hormonal therapy due to prostate cancer
Article published in Urologia Polska 2007/60/2.

authors

Jakub Dobruch, Andrzej Borówka
Klinika Urologii Centrum Medycznego Kształcenia Podyplomowego, I Zespół Dydaktyki Urologicznej - Oddział Urologii Międzyleskiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego w Warszawie

keywords

prostate, testosterone, prostate cancer, hormonal therapy

summary

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common neoplasm found in men. The fundamental way of treatment of patients with advanced stages of PCa is hormonal therapy. It is aimed at restriction of androgens influence on prostate cancer cells. The major androgen in men is testosterone (T) produced by testis. Orchiectomy is the easiest way of T elimination. Its serum concentration (s.T) decreases below 50 ng/ml, which is commonly accepted as castrate level. LHRH analogues are the alternative to orchiectomy. Their efficacy may be confirmed by measurement of testosterone level. In this paper influence of new technologies of testosterone measurements on its castrate levels and their relation with assessment of LHRH analogues efficacy are discussed.

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correspondence

Jakub Dobruch
Oddział Urologii Międzyleskiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego
ul. Bursztynowa 2
04-749 Warszawa
kubadobr@wp.pl
tel. 0 503072230