The table below gives you a summary of some of the most common possible side effects of the different hormonal therapy medicines so you can do a general side by side comparison.
Breast cancer hormone treatment side effects.
Impotence in men with breast cancer.
Hot flashes fatigue mood swings vaginal dryness vaginal discharge.
Hormone therapy also called endocrine.
Side effects for ais consist of.
It is given by injections into the buttocks.
Side effects of hormone therapy for breast cancer include.
Tamoxifen and other serms can cause.
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This could be temporary or permanent.
On the whole keeping in view the hormone therapy for breast cancer pros and cons hormone therapy is a good treatment option and the need for refusing hormone therapy for breast cancer is very less.
Your periods may stop or become lighter if you are taking tamoxifen.
Joint and muscle pain.
Alone to treat advanced breast cancer after other hormone drugs like tamoxifen and often an aromatase inhibitor have stopped working.
Your periods will stop if you are taking a luteinising hormone lh blocker.
You might also get other menopausal symptoms even if you ve already had your menopause.
In combination with a cdk 4 6 inhibitor or pi3k inhibitor to treat metastatic breast cancer as initial hormone therapy or after other hormone treatments have been tried.
Comparison chart of hormonal therapy side effects.
Vaginal dryness or irritation.
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