How To Treat Neuroendocrine Tumors

Hormone Therapy

Neuroendocrine tumors may be able to be treated with the use of hormone therapy. Hormone therapy is a type of treatment for cancer that takes advantage of the endocrine properties many neuroendocrine tumors have. Neuroendocrine tumors are known to release excess and or dysfunctional hormones into the patient's bloodstream that can wreak havoc on their body. Medications called somatostatin analogs are concomitant to the hormone in the body called somatostatin. This type of hormone therapy inhibits the release of excess hormones into the patient's bloodstream. Hormone therapy is similar to targeted therapy in the aspect of not having the ability to physically reduce the size of an individual's neuroendocrine tumor. This type of therapy is more effective at slowing the growth of neuroendocrine tumors and helping manage the adverse symptoms that occur with this type of malignancy.

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