Hormone Therapy  for Breast  Cancer: What you should know!

Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer: What you should know!

Hormone therapy for breast cancer, often called maintenance therapy, is an important treatment option for women with hormone-dependent breast cancer. It can inhibit or stop the growth of tumor cells that respond to estrogen or progesterone. Hormone therapy can be used as an adjunct to surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation to reduce the risk of relapse…

Cancer Disease – what you absolutely need to know!
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Cancer Disease – what you absolutely need to know!

A cancer disease of solid tumors (90-95% of all cancer diagnoses) often follow the same basic principles and are therefore surprisingly similar but yet on a molecular level it is a very individual ailment. Therefore, one should know some biological basics for a fundamental understanding to discuss with your doctor about treatment options. Cell death…

Chemo-Therapies for Breast Cancer

Chemo-Therapies for Breast Cancer

New chemo-therapies are rarely available, in this article we want to look at the treatment options of new and “old”, better, established breast cancer therapies. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, every 8th (~70000/a in Germany) suffers from it. The treatment of breast cancer depends on various factors, such as the stage,…