Hormone therapy is the use of drugs, such as progesterone, that prevent cancer cells from getting or using the hormones they may need to grow. Hormone treatment is a systemic therapy. The drugs, which are usually taken by mouth, enter the bloodstream, travel through the body, and control cancer cells outside the uterus. Women who are unable to have surgery are sometimes treated with hormone therapy. Also, this form of treatment is often recommended for women who have metastatic or recurrent endometrial cancer.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells.
Anticancer drugs may be taken by mouth or given by injection into a blood vessel or a muscle. Chemotherapy is being evaluated in treatment studies for patients with uterine cancer that has spread. Treatment Studies Doctors conduct treatment studies to learn about the effectiveness and side effects of new treatments. In some studies, all patients receive the new treatment. In other studies, doctors compare different therapies by giving the new treatment to one group of patients and the standard therapy to another group.