What are the drugs for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that seriously endangers men's health and life. Once you get sick, you must take timely prevention and treatment. Generally, different treatment methods can be used for prostate cancer according to different stages, such as resection or radiotherapy. So what drugs can be used for drug treatment of prostate cancer? Let's take a look.

1. Androgen receptor blockers: They can inhibit androgens from entering the cell nucleus, thus blocking their biological effects. Androgen receptor blockers have relatively few side effects, so they are widely used. Androgen receptor blockers are divided into two categories: steroidal and non-steroidal. For example, cyproterone acetate is a steroidal drug, while flutamide and nilutamide are non-steroidal drugs. Bicalutamide is the most commonly used drug, which is better than flutamide, has low toxicity, few side effects, and is well tolerated by patients. It also does not affect sexual desire and sexual function.
2. LHRH analogs: These are drugs that release luteinizing hormone, which can inhibit the production of testosterone, thereby reducing the testosterone concentration in the blood to the castration level. There are many such drugs, such as buserelin, goserelin acetate, etc. There is also triptorelin, which is an LHRH agonist. It can make testosterone reach the castration level and has good bioavailability. There is also abarelix, which is an LHRH blocker, which can reduce the level of prostate-specific antigen more quickly and prevent the increase of testosterone levels. However, there are certain adverse reactions, and this type of drug has not yet been listed in China.
There are also many drugs for treating prostate cancer, such as vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, immunotherapy drugs such as Provenge (APC-8015), and some chemotherapy drugs such as docetaxel and other drugs such as calcitriol, etc. They all have a certain therapeutic inhibitory effect on prostate cancer, but many of them are not available in China.
It can be seen that there are many drugs used to treat prostate cancer, but generally speaking, there will be certain side effects, so patients should understand its side effects clearly before taking the medicine and make reasonable choices. The above are some of the more effective drugs for treating prostate cancer. Patients can choose appropriate drugs according to their own conditions under the guidance of a doctor to achieve good treatment results.