a drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available. it belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh) antagonists. also called plenaxis.
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/02 08:13 UTC 版)
Abarelix is an injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH antagonist). It is primarily used in oncology to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available. It belongs to the family of drugs called Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists.