# OnCo record adt (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/adt/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "adt" ;
  schema:name "Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "ADT"@en, "androgen deprivation"@en, "androgen-deprivation"@en, "androgen suppression"@en, "hormone therapy"@en, "castration"@en, "medical castration"@en, "chemical castration"@en, "castrate levels"@en, "GnRH agonist"@en, "GnRH antagonist"@en, "LHRH agonist"@en, "testosterone suppression"@en, "short-term ADT"@en, "long-term ADT"@en, "intermittent ADT"@en, "GnRH agonists"@en, "hormone therapy for prostate cancer"@en ;
  schema:description "Switching off testosterone, the hormone that feeds prostate cancer, with injections (or tablets) that stop the testicles making it, or by removing them. It has been the backbone of advanced prostate cancer treatment since 1941."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/adt/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_deprivation_therapy> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_deprivation_therapy>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng131/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/living-with-prostate-cancer/how-hormone-therapy-affects-you>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/treatment/hormone-therapy> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/castration-resistance/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/arpi/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/orchiectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/intermittent-androgen-deprivation/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/hormonal/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/androgen-deprivation/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/leuprolide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/degarelix/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/intermittent-androgen-deprivation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/bipolar-androgen-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/other-cause-mortality/> .