Hormone therapy

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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).

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Indications

• Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  • Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) for women are suffering from menopausal symptoms
  • Androgen replacement therapy (ART) in males with low levels of testosterone due to disease or aging
  • Transgender hormone therapy for transgender people
    • Feminizing hormone therapy in sex reassignment therapy for transgender women
    • Masculinizing hormone therapy in sex reassignment therapy for transgender men
  • Hormone replacement therapy for people with intersex conditions (e.g., Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome)
• 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
• Chemical castration of men or sex offenders with paraphilias or hypersexuality
• Growth hormone therapy 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

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See also

• Hormone replacement therapy
• Life extension

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References

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