Articles of category "Kinds of hormonal therapy"

When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, particularly breast cancer patients, first some cancerous cells are removed. After they are surgically removed, the cells are tested for hormone receptors. If the tumor is found to be "receptor positive", the patient may elect to use hormonal therapy in order to lower the risk that cancer will recur in the breast tissue or other parts of the body. It accomplished this by either preventing the hormones from acting on the cell or lowering the amounts of hormones in the body.

Women who are around the age of 50 and older suffer from the symptoms of menopause. These symptoms can be quite annoying, and quite upsetting to women. Some of the women look to of hormonal therapy to help them tolerate those symptoms. The problem lies in using the medicines of hormonal therapy may increase the risk for women to come down with Breast Cancer. Many women seek the progesterone/estrogen replacement therapies and others try a dietary supplement with black cohosh. So, what of hormonal therapy, and what is best for a woman to help with menopause?