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Learn about hormone therapy options for treating ovarian cancer including luteinizing hormones, tamoxifen, and aromatase inhibitors.
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Hormone therapy is another form of systemic therapy that can be used to treat breast cancer in men. Learn more here.
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Some types of breast cancer are affected by hormones in the blood. Hormone therapy uses drugs that block estrogen in certain types of breast cancer.
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Hormone therapy, also called androgen deprivation therapy, reduces androgen levels to prevent these hormones from reaching prostate cancer cells. Learn more.
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Hormone therapy uses hormones or hormone blocking drugs to fight endometrial cancer. Learn more about hormone therapy here.
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Certain risk factors may increase your chance of developing endometrial cancer. This guide will help you learn about possible causes of endometrial cancer.
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Some types of cancer grow in response to sex hormones in the body, so hormone therapy may sometimes help. Learn more here.
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Anti-viral drugs may sometimes be used to treat Castleman disease. Learn more here.
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If the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level shows that the prostate cancer has not been cured after an initial attempt, further treatment may be an option.
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For American women, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, with 1 in 8 developing it in their lifetime. However, largely due to research discoveries, breast cancer in women declined in the early 2000s – after increasing for years. In addition, more women who do get breast cancer are now surviving it. These are the stories of 7 American Cancer Society-supported pioneers in breast cancer research who laid the foundation for breast cancer treatments that are saving lives today.