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hormone therapy
Therapeutic administration of endocrine compounds to inhibit tumor growth in hormone-dependent cancers or, in assisted reproduction, to stimulate follicular maturation and regulate the reproductive cycle. It is also called hormonal therapy, hormonotherapy, hormone treatment, or endocrine therapy.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization High
Definition source National Library of Medicine
Variants
Synonym
Formal
Formal
Formal
hormonotherapy
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

tratamiento hormonal
Associated concepts
Type of
medical treatment
May cause
cardiovascular effects
breast cancer risk
thrombosis
Examples
This process ensures access to hormone therapy and surgical interventions for those who desire, including reproductive health care.
The risk factors of the patients who needed fertility treatments, the causes of the infertility itself, and the hormone therapy that they received, are all plausible causes for the increased risk for PE in ART patients.
Collocations
WITH VERBS
receive | undergo | take | prescribe | use | follow | avoid | reject hormone therapy

WITH ADJECTIVES
menopausal hormone therapy
WITH NOUNS
effectiveness of hormone therapy | access to hormone therapy | use of hormone therapy