Some cancers use your bodies natural hormones to help them grow. Using medications that can alter your hormones or block how cancers use your hormones can prevent the cancer from growing.
Some specific cancers can be treated using hormones
- Prostate cancer
- Breast cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Endometrial (womb) cancer
Hormone manipulation treatment is often given over long periods of time as tablets or injections.
For many patients the side effects of these medications are minimal, but for others side effects can have an impact upon quality of life. If you are struggling to take this medication please discuss with your cancer doctor or specialist nurse how to better manage these side effects or any alternative treatment options.
