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combination hormone therapy

use of multiple ways to affect the body’s hormones. For example, complete blockage of androgen (male hormone) production that may include castration or use of LHRH analogs, plus the use of anti-androgens can be used to treat prostate cancer. This is also called combined androgen blockade (CAB), total hormonal ablation, total androgen blockade, or total androgen ablation. See also androgen, androgen deprivation therapy, castration, hormone therapy, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogs.

Combination Therapy Increases Survival in Some Prostate ...

... of the men who lived longer with the combination therapy were in ... Adding
hormone therapy to prostate cancer radiation treatment can produce side ...

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/guidetocancerdrugs/combination-therapy-increases-survival-in-some-prostate-cancer-patients

Combination Therapy Increases Survival in Some Prostate ...

... Combination Therapy Increases Survival in Some Prostate Cancer Patients.
Article date: July 21, 2011. By Stacy Simon. Combining hormone therapy ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/combination-therapy-increases-survival-in-some-prostate-cancer-patients

Advanced Breast Cancers, Higher Death Rate Seen in HRT ...

... after a year or two of therapy to determine whether the hormones are still ... Health
Initiative took combination hormone therapy an average ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/advanced-breast-cancers-higher-death-rate-in-hrt-study

Cancer Glossary

... ways to affect the body's hormones. ... blockade (CAB), total hormonal ablation,
total ... blockade Search [CAB]. see combination hormone therapy. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=c

Chemotherapy for breast cancer in men

... Radiation and hormone therapy can also be used as ... There are many
combinations in use, and it's not clear that any single combination is clearly ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancerinmen/detailedguide/breast-cancer-in-men-treating-chemotherapy

Evolution of cancer treatments: Chemotherapy

... Adjuvant therapy was tested first in breast cancer and ... responded very well
to combination chemo, and ... improvement of the drug combinations used. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-chemo

Cancer Glossary

... external beam radiation therapy, radiation. ... refer to certain hormones made
by ... total androgen blockade Search. see combination hormone therapy. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=t

Targeted therapy for breast cancer

... Everolimus is also being studied for use with other hormone therapy drugs
and for earlier stage ... It is most often used in combination with chemo. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-targeted-therapy

Treatment of invasive breast cancer, by stage

... therapy, or some combination of these. ... for effective chemotherapy combinations
that don't ... may consist of hormone therapy, chemotherapy, targeted ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-by-stage

Treatment of breast cancer in men by stage

... lapatinib (Tykerb), or some combination of these ... to another type of hormone
therapy is sometimes ... Many different drugs and combinations can be ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancerinmen/detailedguide/breast-cancer-in-men-treating-by-stage