HORMONE THERAPY

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Hormone therapy refers to the cancer treatment that slows or stops the growth of cancer that uses hormones to grow. It is also known as hormonal therapy, hormone treatment or endocrine therapy. The goal of this treatment procedure depends on the type of cancer and the amount that is spread. At times, it is used to keep the cancer from returning after treatment and it can also be used to prevent or manage cancer symptoms. 


A few types of Hormone therapies are listed below:


  • Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) like anastrozole, exemestane and letrozole.

  • Selective estrogen receptor modulators, also known as SERMs, such as tamoxifen and raloxifene.

  • Estrogen receptor antagonists like fulvestrant and toremifene.


Hormone therapy can also be given in various forms, such as-


  • Oral medication (by mouth)

  • Injection, under the skin (subcutaneous) or in the muscle (intramuscular)

  • Surgical intervention, which involves the removal of the hormone producing glands, ovaries for women and testicles for men, which reduces the amount of hormones being produced.


Usually, the benefits of hormone therapy begin to take effect between 1-2 weeks following treatment. The responsiveness depends on your body, the treatment dosage and your lifestyle.


This therapy is considered to be a systematic treatment because the hormones that are targeted circulate in your body. The drugs that are used travel throughout the system to target and locate the hormones, thus making this procedure different from area specific treatments that affect only a particular part of the body, such as types of surgery and radiation therapy.


How hormone therapy is used with other cancer treatments


When used with other treatments, hormone therapy can:


  • make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy (called neoadjuvant therapy)

  • lower the risk that cancer will come back after the main treatment (called adjuvant therapy)

  • destroy cancer cells that have returned or spread to other parts of your body


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