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

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    Hormone therapy is typically not recommended for anyone with a personal medical history of breast or uterine cancer, undiagnosed postmenopausal bleeding, active liver disease, heart attack, stroke ...

  3. MTV's Ananda Lewis has Stage 4 breast cancer: ‘A ... - AOL

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    Refusing treatment for cancer. Stage 3 breast cancer is often considered treatable, ... radiation and hormone therapy — and instead opt for alternative medicine have a greater risk of death. ...

  4. Endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, breast cancer risk is heightened following use of the combined oral contraceptive pill and combined hormone replacement therapy. [4] Armed with this evidence that endogenous and exogenous changes in estrogen and progesterone levels modulate the risk of breast cancer, it is apparent that hormones can play a key role in breast cancer.

  5. Elle Macpherson reveals ‘shock’ breast cancer diagnosis ...

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    Elle Macpherson has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and is now finally in remission. The supermodel, 60, said she refused to undergo chemotherapy treatment ...

  6. Estrogen deprivation therapy - Wikipedia

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    Estrogen deprivation therapy, also known as endocrine therapy, is a form of hormone therapy that is used in the treatment of breast cancer.Modalities include antiestrogens or estrogen blockers such as selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) like tamoxifen, selective estrogen receptor degraders like fulvestrant, and aromatase inhibitors like anastrozole and ovariectomy.

  7. Antihormone therapy - Wikipedia

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    Therapy methods have been developed rapidly since the 1970s, and survivorship of individuals with hormone receptor-positive cancer has skyrocketed. [6] In more recent years, since the 1990s, new classes of drugs have been released and greatly changed the way hormonal cancers, like prostate and breast cancer, are treated. [7]

  8. GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or ...

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    Some of the effects of hormone therapy are irreversible, but coming off HRT can cause withdrawal symptoms and changes to a person’s weight and skin. It is a lifelong treatment.

  9. Breast cancer management - Wikipedia

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    Staging breast cancer is the initial step to help physicians determine the most appropriate course of treatment. As of 2016, guidelines incorporated biologic factors, such as tumor grade, cellular proliferation rate, estrogen and progesterone receptor expression, human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) expression, and gene expression profiling into the staging system.