At the 2024Miami Breast Cancer Conference, CURE® sat down with Dr. Jennifer Litton, from the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who explained what patients can expect when on these hormone therapies — especially if they have not yet ...
Fatigue is more than being tired. It's a kind of tired that a good night's rest doesn't fix. Nearly constant fatigue is the most common chemotherapy side effect, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Fatigue can also occur due to immunotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiati...
来自 cancerresearchuk.org 喜欢 0 阅读量: 19 作者: Cancer Research UK 摘要: Side effects of hormone therapy for breast cancer may include hot flushes, period changes, a low sex drive, vaginal dryness, and feeling sick. DOI: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org 年份: 2014 ...
McGurk R, Fallowfield L, Winters Z: Information provision for patients by breast cancer teams about the side-effects of hormone treatments. Eur J Cancer 42:1760-7, 2006McGurk R, Fallowfield L, Winters Z: Information provision for patients by breast cancer teams about the side-effects of ...
This article will discuss the different types of hormone therapy, when it's used, what to expect, and the side effects and risks to this type of treatment. When Is Hormone Therapy Used? Hormone therapy is used when tumors are hormone receptor positive. It can be done at any cancer stage...
Hormone Therapy Side Effects Hormone therapy either blocks your body’s ability to produce hormones or interferes with how hormones behave. This means that it can also cause some side effects. The side effects of hormone therapy will depend on the type of treatment you receive and how your body...
Androgen deprivation therapy is a powerful tool against prostatecancer, and more and more men are opting for the treatment as a growing array of hormone-based therapies become available. But it comes with a cost. Suppressing male hormones, including testosterone, that fuel cancer growth also means...
Men having hormone treatment have also suffered from bone fractures, weight gain and memory loss. If you are concerned about side-effects, it is possible to take the drugs for only a few months instead of permanently and research has shown that either method is effective at treating cancer, ...
Breast cancer treatments like the chemo drug ixabepilone (Ixempra) and the targeted therapy drug bevacizumab (Avastin), along with a number of hormone therapy treatments or steroids given with chemo, can lead you to put on some pounds during breast cancer treatment. If you notice you're gainin...
Women with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who interrupted their endocrine therapy to become pregnant had about the same risk of cancer recurrence as similar breast cancer patients who didn’t pause their treatment, the study found. After about three and half years, almost thre...