# OnCo record cyproterone (drug). 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/drugs/cyproterone/>
  a schema:Drug ;
  onco:kind "drug" ;
  schema:identifier "cyproterone" ;
  schema:name "Cyproterone acetate"@en ;
  schema:description "Cyproterone is a hormone tablet for prostate cancer, used in the UK to block the brief testosterone surge when hormone injections start, as a treatment when other options do not suit, and to ease hot flushes caused by hormone therapy."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/drugs/cyproterone/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyproterone_acetate> ;
  schema:citation <https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/15997/smpc>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng131/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://doi.org/10.3747/co.24.3583> ;
  onco:status "approved" ;
  onco:tag "generic", "supportive-care-gaps-2026-11" ;
  onco:modality "Steroidal antiandrogen with progestogenic activity (oral)" ;
  schema:alternateName "Cyprostat / Androcur" ;
  onco:approval "UK 2008: Management of prostate cancer: suppression of flare with initial LHRH analogue therapy, long-term palliative treatment, and hot flushes under LHRH analogues or after orchidectomy" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/drugs/venlafaxine/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/gabapentin/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/hot-flushes-on-hormone-therapy/> .