Hormone treatment is used to treat cancers of the breast and the womb (uterus). It keeps the cancer from getting the hormone it needs to grow. This can be done with medicines. But a few women have their ovaries taken out to cut off the hormone supply. Radiation to the ovaries can also make them stop working.
Any of these treatments can cause menopause (“the change”). But a woman usually can still feel sexual desire and reach orgasm.
If other hormone treatments fail, a woman with breast cancer may be treated with large doses of androgens. This can increase her desire for sex. It also may deepen her voice, grow hair on her face, and make her clitoris a bit bigger. But it does not change who she is, or make her feel like a man.
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