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Hormone therapy

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Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy. Wikipedia has the following articles regarding this topic:

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Study: When/if to start hormones for prostate cancer patients whose PSA rises after radiation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any ...


Radiation added to hormone therapy increases survival for men with prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone ...


Prostate cancer vaccines more effective with hormone therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Among patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, the addition of hormone therapy following vaccine treatment improved overall survival compared with either treatment alone or when the vaccine followed hormone treatment, ...


Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...


Survival predictors may help customize treatment options for men with metastatic prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Four risk factors that help predict how long men may survive with metastatic prostate cancer could help doctors choose more effective treatments, according to a study led by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.


Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?


Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...


Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.


Study: Progesterone leads to inflammation

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Michigan State University have found exposure to the hormone progesterone activates genes that trigger inflammation in the mammary gland.


Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.


Naturally produced estrogen may protect women from Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than women with fewer years, according to a large, new study by researchers at Albert ...


New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, professor says

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy for at least five years double their annual risk of breast cancer, according to new analyses from a major study that clearly establishes ...


Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems.


'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal ...