Hormone therapy

Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy.

Types of hormone therapy include:

• Hormonal therapy (oncology) for treatment of cancer
• Hormone replacement therapy following menopause
• Testosterone replacement in males with low levels due to disease or aging
• Hormone replacement in sex reassignment therapy
• Hormone therapy in Klinefelter's syndrome
• Hormone therapy in Turner syndrome
• Growth hormone replacement as a treatment for growth hormone deficiency
• Thyroid hormone replacement in hypothyroidism
• Hormonal "treatment" of homosexuals as part of reparative therapy (medically unsupported)
• Chemical castration of violent sex offenders

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