Hormone treatment of breast cancer.
Alteration of the hormonal milieu is still one of the major and most successful methods for treating advanced breast cancer. With the exception of the use of thyroid hormone in conjunction with corticosteroids, we are not aware of any proved advantageous combination of hormonal agents that improves the objective regression rates in advanced breast cancer.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000367:Age Factors; D000728:Androgens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D002369:Castration; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004967:Estrogens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008593:Menopause; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000728:Androgens; D004967:Estrogens; D013963:Thyroid Hormones