In general terms, treatment that adds, blocks, or removes hormones. For certain conditions (such as diabetes or menopause), hormones are given to adjust low hormone levels. Hormones can also cause certain cancers (such as prostate and breast cancer) to grow. To slow or stop the growth of cancer, synthetic hormones or other drugs may be given to block the body’s natural hormones, or surgery is used to remove the gland that makes a certain hormone. Also called endocrine therapy, hormonal therapy, and hormone treatment. Somatostatin analogues could be terms as hormone therapy as they inhibit certain hormones to treatment the various neuroendocrine syndromes for which they have been approved.
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