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Hormone therapy for cancer patients can be administered through several distinct methods:
* Oral Administration: Medications are taken by mouth in pill form.
* Injections: Treatment is delivered via shots, either intramuscularly (into a muscle in the arm, thigh, or buttock) or subcutaneously (just beneath the skin in fatty areas such as the arm, leg, or abdomen).
* Surgical Intervention: This involves the surgical removal of hormone-producing organs. For women, this typically means the removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), and for men, the removal of the testes (orchiectomy).
How is hormone therapy administered in cancer?
* Oral Administration: Medications are taken by mouth in pill form.
* Injections: Treatment is delivered via shots, either intramuscularly (into a muscle in the arm, thigh, or buttock) or subcutaneously (just beneath the skin in fatty areas such as the arm, leg, or abdomen).
* Surgical Intervention: This involves the surgical removal of hormone-producing organs. For women, this typically means the removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), and for men, the removal of the testes (orchiectomy).