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    High-dose estrogen therapy (HDE) is a type of hormone therapy in which high doses of estrogens are given. When given in combination with a high dose of...
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    feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women and other transfeminine individuals. High-dose estrogen therapy with a variety of estrogens such as diethylstilbestrol...
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  • estrogens change depending on the presence of prolonged estrogen deprivation. Although an "estrogen gap" is necessary for high-dose estrogen therapy,...
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  • Hormone therapy for transgender women was initially done using high-dose estrogen therapy with oral estrogens such as conjugated estrogens, ethinylestradiol...
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  • women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer High-dose estrogen therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer Chemical castration...
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    solely for this use. Some lesser known uses are as a means of high-dose estrogen therapy in the treatment of breast cancer in both women and men and in...
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  • is dose-dependently induced as an effect of estrogens and can occur normally during pregnancy and breastfeeding or as a side effect of high-dose estrogen...
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    Estradiol valerate (category Synthetic estrogens)
    form of high-dose estrogen therapy in feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. It is also used as a form of high-dose estrogen therapy in the...
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  • greater sexual desire in men with surgical or medical castration. High-dose estrogen therapy, which results in marked or complete suppression of testicular...
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  • endometrial cancer with estrogen therapy can be prevented by concomitant administration of progestogen. The extensive use of high-dose estrogens for birth control...
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  • low-dose estrogen to that hormone therapy completely mitigated those effects. (Goetz LG, et al. "Addition of Estradiol to Cross-sex Testosterone Therapy Reduces...
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    Ethinylestradiol (category Synthetic estrogens)
    a form of high-dose estrogen therapy in men with prostate cancer and in women with breast cancer, synthetic and non-bioidentical estrogens like EE and...
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    nationwide observational study found that transfeminine hormone therapy with estrogen plus high-dose cyproterone acetate was associated with a 46-fold increased...
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  • bioidentical forms of estrogen. Estrogen esters are used in hormone therapy, hormonal contraception, and high-dose estrogen therapy (e.g., for prostate...
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    available hormonal therapies for endometriosis were high-dose testosterone and high-dose estrogen therapy. High-dose estrogen therapy with diethylstilbestrol...
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    form of high-dose estrogen therapy to treat prostate cancer and is similarly effective to other therapies such as androgen deprivation therapy with castration...
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  • Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), also known as bioidentical hormone therapy (BHT) or natural hormone therapy, is the use of hormones that...
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    parenteral estradiol. The decrease in adrenal androgen levels with high-dose estrogen therapy may be beneficial in the treatment of prostate cancer. Anticorticotropins...
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    Estrogen (British English: oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female...
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    GnRH modulators and surgical castration, high-dose estrogen therapy (e.g., with diethylstilbestrol), and high-dose nonsteroidal antiandrogen monotherapy...
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    Diethylstilbestrol (category Synthetic estrogens)
    hyperpigmentation induced by high-dose estrogen therapy. In men treated with it for prostate cancer, DES has been found to produce high rates of gynecomastia...
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  • groups: low-dose estrogen therapy (2.5 mg/day oral conjugated estrogens), high-dose estrogen therapy (5 mg/day oral conjugated estrogens), clofibrate...
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    Estradiol cypionate (category Synthetic estrogens)
    benzoate, estradiol cypionate is used as a form of high-dose estrogen therapy in feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. The medication has been...
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  • Estrogen deprivation therapy, also known as endocrine therapy, is a form of hormone therapy that is used in the treatment of breast cancer. Modalities...
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  • high doses of estrogens appear to have direct toxic effects in the testes. Following long-term therapy (>3 years) with high-dose estrogen therapy, testosterone...
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    Medroxyprogesterone acetate (category Feminizing hormone therapy)
    used with relatively high doses to prevent ovulation. MPA is also used in combination with an estrogen in menopausal hormone therapy in postmenopausal women...
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    Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), also known as estrogen receptor agonists/antagonists (ERAAs), are a class of drugs that act on estrogen receptors...
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    Norethisterone (category Synthetic estrogens)
    menopausal hormone therapy, and for the treatment of gynecological disorders. The medication is available in both low-dose and high-dose formulations and...
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    high-dose estrogen therapy, for instance to suppress testosterone levels in the treatment of prostate cancer in men and in feminizing hormone therapy...
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  • to estrogens shifts with estrogen deprivation, and upon antiestrogen withdrawal, endogenous estrogen acts in the manner of high-dose estrogen therapy in...
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