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   Prostate cancer

   Receptor agonists, such as leuprolide and goserelin, were subsequently developed and used to treat prostate cancer.
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   Chemotherapy

   As a result, many other drugs have been developed to treat cancer, and drug development since then has exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. ... Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH), such as goserelin possess a paradoxical negative feedback effect followed by inhibition of the release of FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone), when given continuously.
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   Cancer

   In certain cancers, administration of hormone agonists, such as progestogens may be therapeutically beneficial. ... The use of surgery to treat cancer had poor results due to problems with hygiene.
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   Hormonal therapy (oncology)

   The estrogen agonist Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is occasionally used to treat prostate cancer through suppression of testosterone production. ... However, these invasive methods have been widely supplanted by the use of GnRH agonists, and other forms of pharmacologic castration.
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   Methylphenidate

   The drug is seeing early use to treat cancer-related fatigue. ... GABAA α5 inverse agonists
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   Epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer

   "The red wine phenolics piceatannol and myricetin act as agonists for estrogen receptor alpha in human breast cancer cells". ... Breast Cancer Res Treat 2 (1): 5–73. doi:10.1007/BF01805718.
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   Pfizer

   The focus of the enterprise was to develop drugs targeting intracellular signaling pathways to treat cancer. ... Chantix (Varenicline) for Nicotinic agonists, and anti nicotine drugs.
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   Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)

   It has been used to treat prostate cancer. ... Also skeletal growth, which is often considered to be masculinising, is not hindered by GnRH agonists.
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   Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

   Agonists do not quickly dissociate from the GnRH receptor. ... Information of use of Zoladex in prostate cancer
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    Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)

    GnRH agonists ... Saw palmetto is a naturally occurring 5-alpha reductase inhibitor which is used by some to treat male pattern baldness and prostate enlargement.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Prostate cancer,
• Chemotherapy,
• Cancer,
• Hormonal therapy (oncology),
• Methylphenidate,
• Epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer,
• Pfizer,
• Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female),
• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist,
• Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)