Breast Cancer Hormone Treatment Side Effects

Hormones that women have in their body estrogen and progesterone can be fuel for some types of breast cancer they help the cells grow and spread.

Breast cancer hormone treatment side effects.

It is given by injections into the buttocks. Hot flashes low sex drive trouble getting an erection bone loss and a higher risk for fractures tiredness weight gain lower muscle mass memory problems higher risk of other health problems. Hot flashes fatigue mood swings vaginal dryness vaginal discharge. For more information on any of these side effects visit the treatment side effects section.

Vaginal dryness or irritation. Joint and muscle pain. The table below gives you a summary of some of the most common possible side effects of the different hormonal therapy medicines so you can do a general side by side comparison. Risk of heart attack angina heart failure and hypercholesterolemia 20 bone loss joint pain 21 24 mood swings and depression.

Your periods will stop if you are taking a luteinising hormone lh blocker. Comparison chart of hormonal therapy side effects. This could be temporary or permanent. Impotence in men with breast cancer.

Pdf version 135kb. You might also get other menopausal symptoms even if you ve already had your menopause. Alone to treat advanced breast cancer after other hormone drugs like tamoxifen and often an aromatase inhibitor have stopped working. Your periods may stop or become lighter if you are taking tamoxifen.

In combination with a cdk 4 6 inhibitor or pi3k inhibitor to treat metastatic breast cancer as initial hormone therapy or after other hormone treatments have been tried. Hormone therapy also called endocrine. Tamoxifen and other serms can cause.