Testosterone Replacement and Cancer

Testosterone Replacement and Cancer Does having testosterone replacement therapy increase your risk for prostate cancer? Get the facts. Cancer cells are exquisitely sensitive, and in fact stimulated to grow by testosterone. So before a man is put on testosterone therapy, it's essential that we know he does not have cancer, both by an exam and a blood test. And if a man is put on testosterone he needs to be monitored to make sure that a cancer doesn't develop, by monitoring the exam and the PSA blood test. Hormone imbalances as far as like diabetes, thyroid disorders, liver disorders. It could be side effects from medication; it may be side effects from social activities such as marijuana, tobacco or alcohol. All of these things can impact on a man as well as if he's stressed or fatigued, that doesn't necessarily mean there's something hormonally wrong. Maybe he's not getting enough sleep. Maybe he's stressed because of work and he just needs to learn better stress reduction techniques than try to look for something, a shot or a pill that will make things better. Today there are a lot of problems with men being diagnosed and treated with testosterone for problems that really aren't low testosterone. And we really need to be careful because too much testosterone for the wrong reasons can stimulate prostate cancer.