Gebhard Named NEWMAC Volleyball Athlete of the Week October 5, 2015 | Women's Volleyball BOSTON, Mass. â For the second time in her career, MIT junior Megan Gebhard (Howell, Mich.) was the recipient of NEWMAC Womenâs Volleyball Athlete of the Week accolades.
Hormone therapy, also referred to as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), is normally the first line of treatment to slow the spread of prostate cancer. Male hormones called androgens drive the spread of prostate cancer cells.
Stage refers to the extent of the cancer. Early prostate cancer, stages I and II, is localized. It has not spread outside the prostate gland. Stage III prostate cancer, often called locally advanced disease, extends outside the gland and may be in the seminal vesicles.