What is the difference between hormone treatment and chemotherapy?

Answer by  malone (4817)

Hormone treatment is the use of hormones to treat any number of conditions, from infertility to menopause to prostate cancer. Chemotheraphy is cancer treatment that uses specific drugs/drug combinations to target cancer in the body. Hormone treatment and chemotherapy are not interchangeable.

Answer by  Cecilia (2828)

Chemotherapy involves chemicals that work to kill the targeted cells. Hormone treatment attemps to adjust the balance of hormones in your body to make it inhospitable for the target cell.

Answer by  tambrawms (7)

Hormone treatment focus on the enbalance of the hormones in the body. While chemotherapy is used as a treatment method, that deals with people who has been diagnosed with a life treating disease.