For Hormone Replacement Therapy we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Cancer, Female Health, Medical and Pituitary.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Cancer)

HRT. Hormones (estrogen, progesterone, or both) given to women after menopause to replace the hormones no longer produced by the ovaries. Also called menopausal hormone therapy.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Female Health)

(HRT) Hormone therapy comes in two forms: a combination of estrogen and a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone (progestin) - a combination known as HRT -- and estrogen replacement therapy, or ERT, when estrogen alone is prescribed. HRT is typically given to women who have not had hysterectomies because estrogen is known to increase the risk of uterine cancer. The addition of progestin decreases estrogen's effects on the uterine lining, thus reducing this risk. Both HRT and ERT are available in a variety of applications: pills, creams, skin patches, vaginal ring and injections. Recent major scientific studies have found significant health risks, including higher risk for breast cancer, in postmenopausal women using a form of estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy (or combination HRT).

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Medical)

The use of natural or artificial hormones to treat hormone deficiencies

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Pituitary)

The name given to a form of treatment in which missing or deficient hormones can be replaced, the body being encouraged to behave normally as if it were making the hormones naturally.

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