Hormonal Therapy

• Hormonal therapy is a form of whole body (systemic) treatment for breast cancer. It is sometimes called anti-estrogen therapy.
• In hormonal therapy, drugs are used to reduce or block the effects of hormones (including estrogen and progesterone) that can promote the growth of breast cancer.
• Hormonal therapy protects your whole body from breast cancer cells that may have been left behind after surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.
• It can also lower the risk of a new cancer developing in the other breast.

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