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Hormonal Therapy for Kidney Cancer

Authors:
  • Debra Wood, RN
Publication Type:

Condition InDepth

Hormonal Therapy for Kidney Cancer

Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate specific body functions. Certain cancers use hormones to help them grow. Hormonal therapy is used in cancer treatment to interfere with the activity of certain hormones that can influence the growth of tumors.

Though hormonal therapy is not considered an effective treatment for kidney cancer, it may be used to ease pain or other symptoms caused by metastatic cancer.

References

  • General information about renal cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: https://www.cancer.gov/types/kidney/patient/kidney-treatment-pdq.
  • Kidney cancer. National Kidney Foundation website. Available at: https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/what-kidney-cancer.
  • Kidney cancer (adult)—renal cell carcinoma. American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003107-pdf.pdf.
  • Renal cell carcinoma. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114704/Renal-cell-carcinoma.
  • Therapies for advanced kidney cancer. Kidney Cancer Association website. Available at: http://www.kidneycancer.org/knowledge/learn/therapies-for-advanced-kidney-cancer.

Contributors

  • Mohei Abouzied, MD, FACP
Last Updated:
2022-06-01

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