how is hormone therapy given?

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This depends on the type of hormone treatment needed.

For example, breast cancer patients would usually take one Tamoxifen tablet each day.

For prostate cancer patients injections are more common, although tablets are sometimes used. Injections for prostate cancer are given every month or every three months.




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