News tagged with hormone therapy

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Hormone therapy

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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Genetic and clinical factors best to predict late recurrence in estrogen receptor POS breast cancer

A new analysis has provided a comprehensive comparison of scores designed to predict which women with oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer are at high risk of recurrence beyond five years after diagnosis, and may benefit ...

Cancer created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone replacement therapy improves muscle function

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) significantly improves muscle function – down to the muscle fibre level – in postmenopausal women, a new study published today in The Journal of Physiology shows.

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mammograms reveal response to common cancer drug

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for assessing the effect of tamoxifen, a common drug to prevent the relapse of breast cancer. The key lies in monitoring changes in the proportion of dense tissue, ...

Cancer created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0