Brand Name Pharmacy Generic Name Drug Type
Casodex Bicalutamide Prostate Cancer
Description: Casodex (Bicalutamide) is a hormone therapy. Often given in combination with "LHRH agonist," another type of hormone therapy. It is a nonsteroidal anti-androgen, which blocks the stimulatory action of androgens (male hormones), e.g. dihydrotestosterone, on prostate cancer. Bicalutamide (bye ka LOO ta mide) therapy is for men with advanced prostate cancer at stage D2, when there is evidence of metastases (cancer spread) to other areas of the body.


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