HRT 'bone aid in prostate care'
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Treating prostate cancer patients with female hormone therapy reduces the side effects of treatment, doctors believe.
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Taking a form of HRT can sharply increase the risk of a blood clot for some women, research suggests.
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A drug can treat  menopausal symptoms among women on tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer, say scientists.
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NEW YORK  - Radiation therapy is effective  for prostate cancer, but up to 90 percent of men will develop  impotence after the treatment. New research indicates that this  frustrating side effect may be avoided if both MRI and CT,  rather than just CT, are used to plan exactly how and where  radiation will be delivered.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that two months of "androgen deprivation" therapy, which reduces levels of the androgen, a male hormone, can help slow the growth of locally advanced prostate cancer when given before and during radiotherapy. Plus, the short course of androgen deprivation therapy does not increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, which had been a concern.
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Older women taking certain hormone replacement therapy may suffer hearing damage, scientists report.
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When added to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a small study suggest.
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British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer. Researchers at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular
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NEW YORK  - When added to conventional  hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the  risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a  small study suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with an ultralow-dose  of the hormone estradiol, administered as a patch, reduces the  rate of bone loss in older women without promoting the build-up  of cells in the uterine lining, which is associated with an  increased risk of cancer, according to a new report.
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The controversial news surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) continues to mount. Now, a new study from Australia shows that women who take HRT may not get the most accurate readings on their mammograms.
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Hormone therapy used to treat  prostate cancer that has already spread may save patients from  cancer but raise the risk of diabetes and heart disease, U.S.  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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HONOLULU  - The bones of breast cancer patients tend to age prematurely as a result of chemotherapy and aromatase inhibitor therapy, according to research reported at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research meeting this week.
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NEW YORK  - A standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer is to suppress testosterone production by removal of the testes.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - An increasingly popular  prostate cancer treatment also makes bones brittle and may be  responsible for over 3,000 fractures each year in the United  States, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Wyeth WYE.N on Wednesday faced   accusations that one of its hormone replacement therapy (HRT)   drugs caused breast cancer in a 67-year-old woman as one of the   thousands of trials the drug maker is facing over the treatment   got underway.