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By Mayo Clinic staffHormone therapy for prostate cancer doesn't cure the disease. Although this treatment can help to manage prostate cancer by causing cancer cells to die or grow more slowly, it isn't a permanent solution. Almost all prostate cancers eventually recur or progress despite hormone therapy. But hormone therapy may effectively slow prostate cancer for months or years.
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- Prostate cancer. Fort Washington, Pa.: National Comprehensive Cancer Network. http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp. Accessed March 21, 2013.
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