hormonal therapy

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hormonal
adjective
uk
/hɔːˈməʊ.nəl/us
/hɔːrˈmoʊ.nəl/
medicalspecialized
relating ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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Hormonaltherapyusually begins just before or at puberty, to be continued throughout the individual's life.
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Data on the role of 'adjuvant' chemo- orhormonaltherapyare insufficient to draw any conclusion.
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These include chemotherapy, radiotherapy,hormonaltherapy, orthopaedic surgery and bisphosphonates.
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Therapeutic strategies are commonly systemic (chemotherapy,hormonaltherapy) or aimed at symptom relief (irradiation of painful bone metastases).
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This article provides an updated analysis of the prospects using the besthormonaltherapyavailable to treat endometriosis.
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However, women who receivehormonaltherapyalso suffer from some degree of cognitive decline, which may be similar to the chemobrain phenomenon.
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Hormonaltherapyand chemotherapy are often reserved for disease that has spread beyond the prostate.
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Also, non-specifichormonaltherapysuch as combined high-dose estrogen and high-dose progestin can be given.
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Hormonaltherapyalso may improve responses to antimyoclonic drugs in some people.
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For systemic medical therapies see, e.g. chemotherapy,hormonaltherapy, or immunotherapy.
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Distant metastases are treated withhormonaltherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of both.
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Hormonaltherapyis, therefore, usually used when cancer has spread from the prostate.
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Ongoing areas of clinical research is optimizing adjuvanthormonaltherapyin postmenopausal women with breast cancer.
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The second linehormonaltherapyabiraterone increases survival by 4.6 months when compared to placebo.
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Others use a triple modality combination of external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, andhormonaltherapy.
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