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Quiz: Hormonal Therapy

When cancer originates in the , it is often hormonally responsive.
1. stomach
2. heart
3. prostate
4. liver
All of the following statements are correct except .
1. Hormonal therapy is always used alone to cure cancer.
2. Hormonal agents are used to prevent or delay recurrence of cancer after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy.
3. Hormones are manipulated in hormonal therapy.
4. Hormones can be administered orally, intravenously, or intramuscularly.
Biochemically, a hormone is an internally secreted compound, such as insulin or thyroxine, formed in , that affects the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
1. connective tissue
2. endocrine glands
3. salivary glands
4. adipose tissue
Cancer therapy, which achieves its anti-tumor effect through changes in hormonal balance, is often called .
1. combination therapy
2. chemotherapy
3. unproven therapy
4. endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy aimed at hormone-producing organs has been used to suppress hormone production in patients .
1. who were not considered surgical candidates
2. who do not respond to endocrine therapy
3. who prefer to have a surgery
4. who refuse to accept hormonal therapy