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ANDROGEN [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • The Genitals
CONT

Most prostate cancer cells depend on hormones to grow. Hormones such as gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) or luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) are released from the hypothalamus gland in the brain. When these hormones are released, they promote the testicles to produce the male hormone, testosterone. Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) deprives prostate cancer cells of the male hormones (known as androgens) that cancer cells require in order to grow. ADT is the most common therapy used in men with advanced prostate cancer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Organes génitaux
CONT

La plupart des cellules cancéreuses de la prostate ont besoin d’hormones pour croître. L’hypothalamus libère dans le cerveau des hormones telles que la gonadolibérine (gn-RH) ou l’hormone de libération de l’hormone lutéinisante (LHRH). Lorsqu’elles sont libérées, ces hormones incitent les testicules à produire l’hormone mâle testostérone. Le traitement antiandrogénique prive les cellules cancéreuses de la prostate des hormones mâles (appelées androgènes) dont elles ont besoin pour croître. Ce traitement est le traitement le plus souvent utilisé chez les hommes au stade avancé du cancer de la prostate.

Key term(s)
  • traitement anti-androgénique
  • traitement anti-androgène

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
DEF

Relating to an androgen; having a masculinizing effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
DEF

Qui provoque l'apparition des caractères sexuels masculins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hormonas
DEF

[Dícese] de las hormonas masculinas como la testosterona y afines, que masculinizan.

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Record 3 2010-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
DEF

Generic term for an agent, usually a hormone (e.g., androsterone, testosterone), that stimulates activity of the accessory male sex organs, encourages development of male sex characteristics, or prevents changes in the latter that follow castration; natural androgen's are steroids, derivatives of androstane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
DEF

Hormones stéroïdes mâles qui favorisent le développement des organes génitaux externes, la formation du sperme, et l'apparition des caractères sexuels secondaires de l'homme.

OBS

On distingue les hormones testiculaires (notamment la testostérone) et les hormones d'origine surrénaliennes (produites dans les deux sexes et qui, chez la femme sont des précurseurs des hormones oestérogènes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hormonas
DEF

Hormona sexual masculina producida en los testículos y las glándulas suprarrenales y que es responsable del desarrollo de atributos masculinos.

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Record 4 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Hormones
CONT

Prostate cancer is androgen-dependent initially, making it vulnerable to androgen ablation and anti-androgen therapies. However, prostate cancer cells gradually lose androgen dependency and tumor cells which are resistant to endocrine therapy ultimately proliferate. While loss of AR [androgen receptor] expression may accompany loss of androgen dependency, other cellular events may allow cell proliferation to bypass the androgen requirement. We have found that certain androgen-dependent human prostatic cancer cells can, in androgen-depleted culture media, progress to cancer cells which proliferate rapidly without androgen but are proliferatively repress by low concentrations of androgens.

Key term(s)
  • androgen dependent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Hormones
CONT

Une seconde limite de ce traitement [androgénothérapie] est le risque de favoriser le développement d'un cancer de prostate, qui est androgéno-dépendant. Bien qu'aucune étude n'ait clairement montré une augmentation de l'incidence du cancer prostatique, de nombreux auteurs considèrent cette thérapeutique trop dangereuse. Les indications de l'androgénothérapie doivent donc se limiter aux hypogonadismes avérés et, éventuellement, aux hommes âgés souffrant de troubles de la libido avec une testostéronémie effondrée.

OBS

androgéno-dépendant : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Key term(s)
  • androgénodépendant

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie

Spanish

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Record 7 1983-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
  • Non-Surgical Treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
OBS

Voir source pour contexte.

Spanish

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