A recent Australian research suggests that therapy resistant prostate cancer could be treated by using estrogen, a hormone normally associated with females.
The study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that estrogens could be good for men and can be used therapeutically to treat prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer occurs when cells within the prostate grow uncontrollably creating small tumors.
Generally, the growth of prostate cancer is linked with androgen male hormones, such as testosterone. However both men and women have a certain amount of oestrogen, the female sex hormone.
Oestrogen can be used as a tool to fight against prostate cancer
