Breast Cancer Therapeutics Such As Hormone Replacement Therapy

Posted by coherent market insights on February 24th, 2021

Chemotherapy

It is the most common treatment recommended by oncologists in the treatment of breast cancer. The goal of chemotherapy is to shrink the tumor, control symptoms and end the disease as quickly as possible. When considering chemotherapy as your breast cancer therapeutics, it is imperative that you educate yourself about the side effects of the drugs. Often times, patients who have chemotherapy or find that they need to stop taking certain medications because of the side effects caused by the drugs. Also, chemotherapy has been known to cause some menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and increased menstrual cycle.

Other commonly used breast cancer therapeutics include immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, monoclonal antibodies, and targeted drug therapy. Immunotherapy is a form of therapy that involves using antibodies to fight against the cancerous cells. The most common types of antibodies used in immunotherapy are interferon gamma and human immunodeficiency virus. Monoclonal antibodies work by stimulating the production of cells by the immune system.

Hormone Therapy

It is a breast cancer therapeutics that generally work by either blocking certain hormones from binding to target receptors in cancer cells or by reducing the amount of hormones that are produced by the body. Because some drugs used in hormone therapy have the potential to cause changes in cancer cell metabolism, safety is an issue for using hormone therapy in cancer patients. It is important for women diagnosed with breast cancer to understand the risks and benefits of hormone therapy and to discuss the method of hormonal therapy intended for their specific case with their oncology specialist. Hormone therapy is often accompanied by a lumpectomy or mastectomy, which is a surgical procedure to remove the tumor or lymph nodes containing Hormone receptor cells (which are thought to be the source of abnormal Hormone secretion).