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Betty Harris, RN, MSN, WHNP

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  • Nurse practitioner at MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Ms. Harris is a nurse practitioner at MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston. She focuses on survivorship concerns.

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Contributions

Hormonal therapy

05/04/18 | BY: Jennifer Winn, M. Tish Knobf, Ann H. Partridge, Edith Perez, Betty Harris, Katharine Campbell, Betsy Clark

Hormonal therapy is using medicine or surgery to reduce estrogen in the body for cancers that depend on estrogen or progesterone to grow.

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 | 3 Min. Read |

What is hormonal therapy?

05/04/18 | BY: Katharine Campbell, Betsy Clark, Betty Harris, M. Tish Knobf, Ann H. Partridge, Edith Perez, Jennifer Winn

Hormonal therapy for breast cancer interferes with the signals that hormone receptors send to cells and may block estrogen receptors, reduce the amount of estrogen made, or lessen the number of hormone receptors.

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 | 7 Min. Read |

Importance of menopausal status

08/31/15 | BY: Jennifer Winn, M. Tish Knobf, Ann H. Partridge, Edith Perez, Betty Harris, Katharine Campbell, Betsy Clark

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 | 5 Min. Read

Common questions

08/31/15 | BY: Jennifer Winn, M. Tish Knobf, Ann H. Partridge, Edith Perez, Betty Harris, Katharine Campbell, Betsy Clark

Many women have these common questions about hormonal therapy, but you may have others as well.

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 | 6 Min. Read |