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.
The aim of cancer treatment for many people is to cure the cancer. In some very slow-growing cancers, or cancers that have spread beyond the original area of the body, the aim may be to control the cancer and delay its progress. The main treatments for cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.