medical Definition of leuprolide
:a synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone administered by injection in the form of its acetate C59H84N16O12·C2H4O2 to treat cancer of the prostate gland, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and precocious puberty
- Androgen-deprivation therapy by either bilateral orchiectomy or administration of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist such as leuprolide is the mainstay of treatment for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.
- —Donald S. Kaufman et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 8 July 2004
- During leuprolide therapy, the endometrioma recurred …
- —G. David Adamson, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 22 Dec. 1999
