Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal

**Definition:** Antineoplastic agents that are used to treat hormone-sensitive tumors. Hormone-sensitive tumors may be hormone-dependent, hormone-responsive, or both. A hormone-dependent tumor regresses on removal of the hormonal stimulus, by surgery or pharmacological block. Hormone-responsive tumors may regress when pharmacologic amounts of hormones are administered regardless of whether previous signs of hormone sensitivity were observed. The major hormone-responsive cancers include carcinomas of the breast, prostate, and endometrium; lymphomas; and certain leukemias. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual 1994, p2079)

**Tree numbers:** - D27.505.954.248.169

**Synonyms:** - Hormonal Agents, Antineoplastic - Hormonal Antineoplastic Agents - Antineoplastic Drugs, Hormonal - Antineoplastic Hormonal Drugs - Hormonal Antineoplastic Drugs - Antineoplastics, Hormonal - Antineoplastic Hormonal Agents - Hormonal Antineoplastics