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hormone therapy

– cancer treatment using drugs that interfere with hormone production or hormone action, or the surgical removal of hormone-producing glands. Hormone therapy may help kill or slow the growth of cancer cells that depend on hormones to grow. For example, it is a common form of treatment for certain breast and prostate cancers. See also androgen deprivation therapy, hormone receptor, hormone receptor assay.

Hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy for prostate cancer

... the side effects of hormonal therapy such as ... "hormone refractory" prostate
cancer: These terms are ... longer responding to hormones, although there ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-hormone-therapy

Hormone therapy for breast cancer

... or with tamoxifen as hormone therapy in pre ... hormones: Androgens (male
hormones) may rarely be considered after other hormone treatments for ...

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

Evolution of cancer treatments: Hormone therapy

... for the modern use of hormone therapy, such as ... that blocked male hormones
were found ... inhibitors, LHRH [luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone ...

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

Erections, desire, and hormone therapy

... Manhood does not depend on hormones but on a lifetime of being male.
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may decrease a man's desire for sex ...

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/sexualsideeffectsinmen/sexualityfortheman/sexuality-for-men-with-cancer-erections-desire-and-hormone-therapy

Sex and hormone therapy

... Hormone therapy may be used to treat cancers of the breast and the lining
of the uterus. This treatment starves the cancer cells of the hormones ...

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/sexualsideeffectsinwomen/sexualityforthewoman/sexuality-for-women-with-cancer-hormone-therapy

Thyroid hormone therapy

... Learn About Cancer » Thyroid Cancer » Detailed Guide » Thyroid hormone
therapy. Share this Page. Close. ... Thyroid hormone therapy. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroidcancer/detailedguide/thyroid-cancer-treating-thyroid-hormone-therapy

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Cancer Risk

... Estrogen-progestin therapy (EPT) and breast cancer risk. ... compared to those
who don't take hormones. ... they had not taken any hormone therapy (HT ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/medicaltreatments/menopausal-hormone-replacement-therapy-and-cancer-risk

Hormone therapy for breast cancer

... But it's not yet clear if starting adjuvant therapy with one of these ... Androgens
(male hormones) may be used after other hormone treatments for ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-treating-hormone-therapy

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer

... The goal of hormone therapy (also called androgen deprivation) is to lower
the levels of the male hormones (androgens), such as testosterone, or ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/overviewguide/prostate-cancer-overview-treating-hormone-therapy

Hormone therapy for ovarian cancer

... Hormone therapy for ovarian cancer. Hormone therapy is the use of
hormones or hormone-blocking drugs to fight cancer. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/ovariancancer/detailedguide/ovarian-cancer-treating-hormone-therapy