hormone therapy is the treatment of choice, rather than surgery. Surgery to reduce hormone levels may only be offered if the cancer has spread to other areas or is in a more advanced stage.
"As they gain fat and lose muscle duringhormone therapy, these men are at significant risk for chronic health problems including metabolic disorder, a precursor to diabetes and heart disease." While this isn't the first study to show that exercise is good for prostate cancer patients and surviv...
Breast cancer hormone therapy side effects 来自 cancerresearchuk.org 喜欢 0 阅读量: 18 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.cancer...
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Prostate cancer patients who receive hormone treatments before undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) do not have increased side effects compared with those not receiving hormone therapy before radiation, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology...
High-dose toremifene as first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer resistant to adjuvant aromatase inhibitor: A multicenter phase II study There is currently no standardized therapy available for metastatic breast cancer in patients with aromatase inhibitor (AI)-resistant breast cancer. We con......
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...
To lessen the side effects of hormone therapy drugs, researchers suggest that you take them for just a set amount of time or until your PSA drops to a low level. If the cancer comes back or gets worse, you may need to start treatment again. Physical Health The physical effects of hormon...
This study aimed to identify the factors associated with adherence to hormone therapy for breast cancer, with the goal of contributing to the reformulation of the care process and to improvements in outcomes. Method This was a retrospective longitudinal study based on secondary data. The study ...
There are other hormone therapy drugs used to treat breast cancer, too. Most, such asfulvestrant(Faslodex) andtoremifene(Fareston), are used to treat advanced breast cancer. Toremifene, like tamoxifen, blocks certain effects of estrogen and is used as a treatment for advanced breast cancer in ...