Hormone therapy

Hormone therapy or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also be referred to as hormonal therapy or antihormone therapy. The most general classes of hormone therapy are oncologic hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy, of which there are various kinds (e.g., for menopause, for andropause, or for gender transition).

Indications

• Hormonal therapy for cancer
  • Androgen deprivation therapy for men with prostate cancer
  • Estrogen deprivation therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
  • High-dose estrogen therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
• Hormone replacement therapy
  • Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) for menopausal women
  • Androgen replacement therapy in males with low levels of testosterone due to disease or aging
  • Hormone replacement therapy (transgender) for transgender people
    • Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male) in sex reassignment therapy for transgender men
    • Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female) in sex reassignment therapy for transgender women
  • Hormone replacement therapy for people with intersex conditions (e.g., Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome)
• Growth hormone treatment for growth hormone deficiency
• Thyroid hormone replacement in hypothyroidism
• Antithyroid therapy in hyperthyroidism
• Glucocorticoid and/or mineralocorticoid replacement in conditions such as Addison's disease
• Antiglucocorticoid therapy in Cushing's syndrome
• Chemical castration of men or sex offenders with paraphilias or hypersexuality

See also

• Hormone replacement therapy
• Life extension