In addition to the progesterone I was giving him, he was also taking a subcutaneous hormone therapy from another physician. Dr. John Lee, has had one patient doing well on progesterone therapy for 10 years. The prostate is embryologically the same as the uterus in the female. In other words, the uterus in the female corresponds to the male prostate. Therefore, everything that we know about the uterus in the female we can easily apply to the male prostate.
Endometrial cancer is caused by too much estrogen.
This can be found in any 2nd year medical school text. Medical doctors give a progestin with the estrogen to slough off the lining of the uterus to prevent endometrial cancer. If we look at the menstrual cycle of the women, the first part of the cycle is dominated by estrogen. The estrogen causes the inside lining of the uterus, the endometrium, to proliferate. The second half of the menstrual cycle is dominated by progesterone.