Triple Hormonal Blockade (ADT3): A Patient’s Perspective

Opinion Article by Charles Maack

The information in this article is a lengthy read, but for men moved to androgen deprivation therapy the information is extremely important to be aware since everything explained may be involved in their well-being.

Triple-hormonal blockade/androgen deprivation therapy (ADT3) includes the prescribing of:

  1. a LHRH/GnRH agonist or antagonist to shut down testicular testosterone production
  2. an antiandrogen to block testosterone access to the cancer cell nucleus
  3. a 5Alpha Reductase (5AR) inhibitor to prevent any testosterone that might access the cancer cell nucleus from converting to dihydrotestosterone/DHT

Read the entire article on oncogen.org HERE