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Learn About Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

What is the definition of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?
Hormone replacement therapy is the use of the hormones estrogen and progesterone that are used to replace natural hormones that the body stops producing after menopause. Hormone replacement therapy helps to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Hormone replacement therapy can be administered in many different forms, such as a pill, gel, cream, spray, skin patch, or vaginal ring.
What are the symptoms of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?
Symptoms that hormone replacement therapy treats include hot flashes, night sweats, pain during sex, and vaginal dryness.
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What are the current treatments for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?
Hormone replacement therapy is usually a combination of estrogen and progesterone.
Who are the top Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Local Doctors?
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Obstetrics and Gynecology

University Of Virginia Physicians Group

2955 Ivy Rd, Suite 104, 
Charlottesville, VA 
Languages Spoken:
English
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Joann Pinkerton is an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Pinkerton is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Her top areas of expertise are Menopause, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Premature Ovarian Failure, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Salpingo-Oophorectomy. Dr. Pinkerton is currently accepting new patients.

Samuel Denmeade
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center

201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, 
Baltimore, MD 
Languages Spoken:
English, Spanish
Offers Telehealth

Dr. Samuel Denmeade is the R. Dale Hughes Professor of Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Division for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He also has appointments in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Biomolecular Engineering. His areas of clinical expertise include bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Dr. Denmeade earned his M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago. He performed a fellowship in oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in medical oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research interests include prostate cancer, bipolar androgen therapy, clinical trials and targeted drug development. Dr. Denmeade has published over 200 papers in the area of prostate cancer research. He has received extensive funding from the NIH, the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Fund and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal The Prostate. Dr. Denmeade is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Prostatectomy.

 
 
 
 
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Channing J. Paller
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Elite in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Sibley Memorial Hospital

Washington, DC 
Languages Spoken:
English
Offers Telehealth

Dr. Channing J. Paller is a medical oncologist at Sibley Memorial Hospital and a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She practices out of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Paller has expertise in prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer. Dr. Paller earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Paller completed a rotation with the chief of the Investigational Drug Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program and a rotation with the associate director for regulatory science in the Office of Oncology Drug Products at the Food and Drug Administration. She also completed rotations at the Weizmann Institute of Israel’s Department of Biological Regulation and McCord Hospital in South Africa, where she participated in the Harvard AIDS project. In 2016, Dr. Paller was one of only five oncologists awarded the NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award. In 2015, she received the 2015 Passano Clinician Scientist Award for early-stage research that is already making a contribution to science. Earlier in her career, she was selected for both a 2011-2012 Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and for the 2011-12 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Paul Carbone Award. Dr. Paller is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Paller’s research focuses on evaluating new therapies for prostate cancer, particularly combination therapies that engage the immune system. She is the principal investigator on two multi-site clinical trials and was the first author on the NCI Investigational Drug Steering Committee publication, “Consensus Recommendations on the Phase I Combination Clinical Trials of the Clinical Trial Design Task Force.” Dr. Paller was the chair for the oral abstract session on genitourinary cancer at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and she is currently funded by an NCI immunotherapy grant to look at combination therapies that link standard of care therapy with inhibition of transforming growth factor beta in prostate cancer. She is also opening trials of vitamin C with chemotherapy in prostate cancer and of mistletoe in all solid tumors. Dr. Paller is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Her top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Prostatectomy.

What are the latest Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Clinical Trials?
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Phase 3 Clinical Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Fezolinetant for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Vasomotor Symptoms (Hot Flashes) in Women With Stage 0 to 3 Hormone Receptor-positive Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

Summary: One of the standard treatments for women with breast cancer is hormone therapy, but this treatment can cause hot flashes. Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is most often prescribed for hot flashes for women in menopause but cannot be given to women on hormone therapy for breast cancer. Fezolinetant, an alternative to HRT, treats hot flashes for women in menopause. As hot flashes happen in the s...

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CSP #2018 - Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD)

Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether growth hormone replacement therapy (GHRT) is effective versus placebo in the improvement of Quality of Life in patients with adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

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