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Hormone therapy boosts prostate cancer survival

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Just six months of hormone therapy, along with radiation, cuts the risk of dying from locally advanced prostate cancer in half when compared to radiation alone.

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Tags: Hormone, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Prostate, Men's Health, Mortality, Radiation

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