Endocrine Therapy

Certain cancers rely on growth of hormones. In other words, certain types of cancers are fuelled by these hormones. In such cases, hormone therapy, also known as hormonal therapy or endocrine therapy, can be effective in slowing down or completely stopping the spread of cancer by blocking the body’s ability to produce certain hormones or altering the behaviour of hormone receptors in the body.Cancers most commonly treated with Hormone therapy include : Breast Cancer Endometrial Cancer Ovarian cancer Prostate Cancer