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2. Side effects of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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   Less common side effects of bicalutamide monotherapy in men include sexual dysfunction, depression, fatigue, weakness, and anemia. Bicalutamide is well tolerated and has few side effects in women. General side effects of bicalutamide that may occur in either sex include diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea, dry skin, itching, and rash ...

3. Medical uses of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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   Bicalutamide is used primarily in the treatment of early and advanced prostate cancer. [1] It is approved at a dosage of 50 mg/day as a combination therapy with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH analogue) or orchiectomy (that is, surgical or medical castration) in the treatment of stage D2 metastatic prostate cancer (mPC), [2] [3] and as a monotherapy at a dosage of 150 mg/day ...

4. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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   Hormonal therapy in oncology is hormone therapy for cancer and is one of the major modalities of medical oncology (pharmacotherapy for cancer), others being cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy (biotherapeutics). It involves the manipulation of the endocrine system through exogenous or external administration of specific hormones ...

5. Estrogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   An estrogen (E) is a type of medication which is used most commonly in hormonal birth control and menopausal hormone therapy, and as part of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. [1] They can also be used in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer and for various other

6. Hormone therapy for breast cancer may help lower ... - AOL

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   Hormone-modulating therapy for breast cancer is associated with a 7% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias later in life, a new study indicates. ... and treatment ...

7. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist - Wikipedia

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   A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones. [1] They are used for a variety of indications including in fertility medicine and to lower sex hormone levels in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers such as prostate cancer and breast cancer, certain gynecological disorders like heavy periods and endometriosis ...

8. What is hormone therapy for transgender people? Experts ... - AOL

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   Though hormone replacement therapy has been a popular form of treatment for decades, used to offset symptoms of menopause in women and andropause (aging-related hormone changes) in men, hormone ...

9. Why are some doctors hesitant to prescribe hormone ... - AOL

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   Further studies have shown other possible benefits to HRT, such as reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, reduced risk of bone loss and fracture and lower rates of breast cancer when using estrogen-only ...