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The female hormones estrogen and progesterone promote the growth of some breast tumors. Hormonal therapy may be given to block these hormones from stimulating tumor growth.

Questions to ask your doctor if you are having radiation therapy.

Here are some questions to ask your doctor about hormonal therapy.

Cancer treatment can cause many changes that may affect your sexuality. It can also change the physical or emotional closeness you share with another person. Different treatments can cause different physical and psychological changes that can affect how you feel, look, and function.

Being told you have lung cancer can be scary, and you may have many questions. But you have people on your healthcare team to help.

Lung cancer can be treated in several ways. Which treatment may work best for you? It depends on a number of things. These include the type, size, location, and stage of your cancer.

Targeted therapy uses medicines that target specific parts of cancer cells or nearby cells that would normally help the cancer grow and spread. Targeted medicines can sometimes be more helpful than standard chemotherapy (chemo) medicines.

Immunotherapy is a type of treatment that boosts your body’s own immune system to help it recognize and attack cancer cells. It either boosts the immune system overall or helps it better target cancer cells.

Learn about the different treatment options available for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.