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Injection Hormone Therapy For Breast Cancer
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Chemotherapy drugs are "cytotoxic" (cell-killing) drugs. They are given orally or by injection. They work systemically by killing cancer cells throughout the body. (Unfortunately, they also kill some normal cells, which accounts for many of their side effects.) Chemotherapy is always used for advanced breast cancer, but may also be used to treat types of early-stage breast cancer.
Newer biologic drugs target specific proteins involved in cancer. Treatment with these drugs is called...
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Hormone Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Faslodex FAQs
Q. I’m devastated… I’ve had a recurrence, and it’s not just local–it’s metastatic. One of the things my oncologist said I have... Read more »
Zoladex and Lupron FAQs: Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer, and once I finish chemo my doctor is considering two hormone drugs: tamoxifen,... Read more »
Hormone Therapy FAQs: How Do Hormones Fit Into Breast Cancer...
Q. I was diagnosed with DCIS, and have had a lumpectomy and radiation. Now my oncologist says I’ll be doing hormone therapy. I thought... Read more »
Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy
The facts and the fiction...there are a lot of both. I, for one, am ready for the media to stop replaying various takes on the Women's... Read more »
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Incidence
Dr. Ravdin et al published a very impressive article in this week's New England Journal of Medicine on hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... Read more »
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Breast Cancer & Menopause Hormone Therapy Comment
The big story about breast cancer on the front page of the New York times is compelling, but it does not apply to everyone. I was 48 when my cancer... Read more »
Hormonal Therapy for Male Breast Cancer
Source: Breastcancer.org
Medicines that target hormone receptors in breast cancer cells are called hormonal therapies. This form of treatment can be very effective against... Read more »
Abortion, Miscarriage and Breast Cancer Risk: NCI Fact Sheet
A woman's hormone levels normally change throughout her life for a variety of reasons, and these hormonal changes can lead to changes in her breasts.... Read more »
Fast FAQs: Chemotherapy Side Effects and Sex Drive
Q. What with all the side effects I had during chemotherapy, I really wasn’t in the mood for sex very often. And now that I’m done with chemo,... Read more »
Systemic Treatments for IDC: Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, T...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Unlike local treatments, which focus on the area (or areas) where the invasive ductal carcinoma was found, systemic treatments involve the entire... Read more »
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