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hormonal therapy
Medical treatment that uses, blocks, or modulates hormones or hormonal drugs to act on hormone-dependent processes, such as certain cancers, or to stimulate follicular maturation and regulate the reproductive cycle in assisted reproduction. It is also called hormone therapy, hormonotherapy or hormone treatment.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization High
Definition source National Library of Medicine
Gender relationship No
Specific to one sex No
Variants
Hyponym
Formal
Synonym
Formal
hormone treatment
Formal
hormonotherapy
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

tratamiento hormonal

Valenciano

tractament hormonal
Associated concepts
May cause
hormonal side effects
thrombosis
cardiovascular effects
Is accompanied by
hormonal monitoring
ultrasound monitoring
medical follow-up
Type of
medical treatment
Examples
Regarding the histology of the contralateral testis, there were no adverse effects of hormonal therapy.
In the study a research group working with hormonal therapy demonstrated that both estradiol and raloxifene promote proliferation of HUVEC in a similar magnitude. 
Collocations
WITH VERBS
receive | undergo | follow | use | identify hormonal therapy
WITH NOUNS
effects | efficiency of hormonal therapy