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 male menopause, or for sex change).

Indications

• Hormonal therapy for cancer
• Hormone therapy for prostate cancer refers to androgen deprivation therapy
• Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) connected to menopause
• Testosterone replacement in males with low levels due to disease or aging
• Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male) in sex reassignment therapy for trans men
• Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female) in sex reassignment therapy for trans women
• Hormone therapy in Klinefelter syndrome
• Hormonetherapy in Turner syndrome
• Growth hormone treatment for growth hormone deficiency
• Thyroid hormone replacement in hypothyroidism
• Cortisol and/or aldosterone replacement in Addison's disease
• Chemical castration of violent sex offenders

See also

• Hormone replacement therapy
• Life extension