hormone therapy

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meanings of hormoneand therapy

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hormone
noun[C]
uk /ˈhɔː.məʊn/ us /ˈhɔːr.moʊn/
any of various chemicals made by living cells that influence the development, growth, sex, etc. of an animal and are carried around the body in ...
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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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The dissemination of male hormonetherapy also needs further examination.
The three other patients in 1971 and 1972 required steroid hormonetherapy for endometriosis.
The choice is between conservative management (active surveillance), radical treatment or early hormonetherapy.
Relief of vasomotor symptoms only with hormonetherapy was observed.
Aging and malnutrition: growth hormonetherapy shows promise.
After surgery, hormonetherapy and/or chemotherapy could be given and could be followed by radiotherapy.
Postmenopausal women not taking hormonetherapy are particularly targeted.
As hormonetherapy can cause significant side-effects, others prefer to delay treatment until the patient develops clinical signs of progression.
A comparative study of single dose hormonetherapy as an adjuvant to gonadotropin treatment for ovulation induction.
Four major treatments have been described for localized prostate cancer: radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy, hormonetherapy, and conservative management, which includes watchful observation and treatment of clinical symptoms.
To assess zoledronate efficacy (combined with hormonetherapy or chemotherapy) to delay bone metastasis symptoms in breast cancer patients with at least one single bone disease location.
Advanced or metastatic disease tends to be treated with hormonetherapy along with other palliative treatments.
Hormonetherapy is the main treatment but the best time to start treatment remains controversial.
Fatigue in patients with prostate cancer receiving hormonetherapy.
The economic aspects of male hormonetherapy should be reconsidered fully during a time when social insurance reimbursements are being seriously rethought.
This has been shown for prenatal ultrasound (30), electronic fetal monitors (3;19), predictive genetic and other screening (27), hormonetherapy (17), and mammography (7), among others.
The available treatment options for men diagnosed with early prostate cancers are as follows: active monitoring; surgery; hormonetherapy and radiotherapy including brachytherapy.
Another principal source of interest has centred on the development of hormonetherapy, particularly in the last three decades.
Postmenopausal women not on hormonetherapy are particularly targeted.
Age at the start of hormonetherapy and surgery were obtained from medical files.
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