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hormonal treatment
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 hormone therapy, hormonotherapy, hormonal therapy, 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
thrombosis
cardiovascular effects
breast cancer risk
Examples
Additionally, exposure to hormonal treatment during the secretory and gestational phases did not impact chromosomal stability.
As an indispensable requisite, all of them signed the informed consent and neither underwent any hormonal treatment nor had been breast-feeding for six months prior to study. 
Collocations
WITH VERBS
receive | undergo | follow | use | promote | influence hormonal treatment

WITH ADJECTIVES
specific | menopausal | successful hormonal treatment
WITH NOUNS
efficiency of | benefit from | response to | fertility with hormonal treatment