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Hormones Summary

Description: Chemical substances having a specific regulatory effect on the activity of a certain organ or organs. The term was originally applied to substances secreted by various ENDOCRINE GLANDS and transported in the bloodstream to the target organs. It is sometimes extended to include those substances that are not produced by the endocrine glands but that have similar effects.

Also Known As: Hormone

Networked: 60571 relevant articles (2019 outcomes, 7116 trials/studies) for this Bio-Agent

Key Diseases for which Hormones is Relevant

  1. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 346 outcomes 1170 studies in 11316 results
  2. Prostatic Neoplasms (Prostate Cancer) : 340 outcomes 938 studies in 4759 results
  3. Breast Neoplasms (Breast Cancer) : 331 outcomes 1198 studies in 7766 results
  4. Neoplasm Metastasis (Metastasis) : 65 outcomes 119 studies in 1221 results
  5. Carcinoma (Carcinomatosis) : 59 outcomes 236 studies in 2069 results
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Drugs Related to Hormones

  1. Tamoxifen
  2. Estrogens (Estrogen)
  3. docetaxel (Taxotere)
  4. Aromatase Inhibitors
  5. Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)
  6. anastrozole (Arimidex)
  7. Insulin (Novolin)
  8. letrozole (Femara)
  9. Aromatase (CYP19)
  10. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
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Therapies Related to Hormones

  1. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
  2. Radiotherapy
  3. Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  4. Castration
  5. Ovariectomy (Oophorectomy)
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