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    Glossary Breast Cancer Treatment

    involves medical strategies like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation

    Breast Cancer Treatment, also known as Breast Cancer Therapy or Breast Cancer Management, encompasses a range of medical strategies used to combat breast cancer. These treatments can include surgery to remove tumors, chemotherapy to kill cancer cells, radiation therapy to target specific areas, hormone therapy to block cancer growth, and targeted therapy to attack specific cancer cell mechanisms. The choice of treatment depends on the type, stage, and characteristics of the cancer, as well as the patient's overall health and preferences.

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    1. The Safety of Local Hormonal Treatment for Vulvovaginal Atrophy in Women With Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer Who Are on Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy: Meta-analysis Clinical breast cancer · 2019 · 18 citations
    2. Analysis of quantitative changes in hair growth during treatment with chemotherapy or tamoxifen in patients with breast cancer: a cohort study British Journal of Dermatology · 2013 · 24 citations
    3. Finasteride treatment and male breast cancer: a register-based cohort study in four Nordic countries Cancer Medicine · 2017 · 8 citations
    4. Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Clinical breast cancer · 2003 · 108 citations
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    6. Breast Cancer: The Psychological Impact of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Remission Cureus · 2024 · 5 citations
    7. Hormone therapy in the treatment of breast cancer and main outcomes in sexuality Mastology · 2023
    8. Fulvestrant, a new treatment option for advanced breast cancer: tolerability versus existing agents Annals of Oncology · 2005 · 67 citations
    9. Novel electroporation-based treatments for breast cancer Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine · 2022 · 3 citations
    10. Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in Breast Cancer Patients: Treatment-Specific Incidence and Risk of Persistent Hair Loss Cancers · 2026
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    1. Bicalutamide Nonsteroidal anti-androgen, originally a prostate cancer drug
    2. Estradiol Estrogen hormone, prescribed in tablet, patch and gel forms
    3. Mesotherapy Injections of drug or vitamin mixtures into the scalp
    4. Cyproterone a synthetic anti-androgen and weak progestogen that inhibits DHT binding to androgen receptor
    5. Finasteride Popular 5-alpha reductase inhibitor that lowers DHT, taken as a pill or used topically
    6. Dutasteride 5-alpha reductase inhibitor that blocks both enzyme types, a stronger DHT blocker than finasteride
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