what is hormone therapy for cancer
Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that slows or stops the growth of cancer that uses hormones to grow. Hormone therapy is also called hormonal therapy, hormone treatment, or endocrine therapy.hen used with other treatments, hormone therapy can: 1  Make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy. 2  This is called neo-adjuvant therapy. 3  Lower the risk that cancer will come back after the main treatment. 4  This is called adjuvant therapy.