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Jun 18, 2022 17:35
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Spanish term

tratamiento anticáncer hormonal

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals clinical trial
Context:
However, hormonal cancer treatment often...-156Es frecuente que el tratamiento anticáncer hormonal no funcione tan bien con el tiempo, ya que el cáncer encuentra nuevas formas de crecer o propagarse.

My question is whether the term to use in this context is "cancer treatment" or "anti-cancer treatment" and what would be the difference. Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 hormonal therapy to treat cancer
4 +2 hormone cancer treatment
References
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Discussion

Helena Chavarria Jun 19, 2022:
In my opinion, 'hormonal cancer treatment' sounds like 'treatment for hormonal cancer'. I prefer 'hormone-based/hormonal therapy'.
Maria Iglesia Ramos (asker) Jun 19, 2022:
@Neil Sorry to dissent with your argument regarding 'hormonal' sounding like 'moody' as in 'a moody adolescent'. It can't be understood as 'moody' in the context of the descriptive modifiers pattern "hormonal cancer treatment" where elements are interrelated and can't point at any other meaning that is not in the logico-semantic relationship being held between elements within that pattern. As regards 'cancer therapy', it makes sense to use this as a set phrase and I opt for that to be included within the patterm. Thank you
neilmac Jun 19, 2022:
IMHO The issue here is not one of "accuracy" and I consider it to be merely stylistic. As I see it, to all intents and purposes both "hormone-based cancer treatment" and "hormonal cancer treatment" are synonymous. However, I'd pay attention to Liz's comment that "therapy" seems to be the set phrase normally used in the context.
Neil Ashby Jun 19, 2022:
As a native English speaker, I wouldn't use "hormonal", it sounds like that whatever it is modifying 'has trouble controlling its hormones' (because we might say, for example, a teenager is "hormonal" if they are very moody).
"hormone therapy" works fine, "hormone-based" as well, and I'd say they are equally accurate.
Having said that, ppl certainly use "hormonal therapy":

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hormone therap...
Maria Iglesia Ramos (asker) Jun 19, 2022:
Hi Neilmac, thanks for your answer. And what difference does it make to use "hormone-based cancer treatment" as opposed to "hormonal cancer treatment". Are both equally accurate? Or is the former more accurate than the latter ? And why? Thanks
neilmac Jun 19, 2022:
@Mª Iglesia As a native English speaker, I wouldn't expect to hear or use "anti-cancer". Colloquially, we talk about cancer treatment. I might use something like "hormone-based cancer treatment", which would be a hormonal therapy to treat cancer, as in Liz's response.
Maria Iglesia Ramos (asker) Jun 18, 2022:
I'm aiming at a one AdjG complex such as "hormonal cancer treatment" deprived of infinitive form "to treat" and following the descriptive modifiers pattern. Based on that, is "hormonal cancer treatment" more accurate than "hormonal anticancer treatment" and why?

Proposed translations

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hormonal therapy to treat cancer

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/hormone-...

Hormone Therapy to Treat Cancer

Hormone therapy is used to treat cancers that use hormones to grow, such as some prostate and breast cancers.
Credit: iStock

Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that slows or stops the growth of cancer that uses hormones to grow. Hormone therapy is also called hormonal therapy, hormone treatment, or endocrine therapy.

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sorry


hormone therapy

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Also

This page was updated on April 5, 2022.
​Hormone therapy for cancer

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, endometrial cancer or prostate cancer, your cancer team may recommend hormone therapy as part of your treatment plan. You likely have lots of questions about this type of treatment, its advantages and its potential downsides.
What is ***hormone therapy for cancer****?

Also referred to as hormonal or endocrine therapy, this cancer treatment is different from menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which refers to the prescription of supplemental hormones to help relieve the symptoms of menopause.

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https://www.cancercenter.com/treatment-options/chemotherapy/...
Peer comment(s):
agree Barbara Cochran, MFA : With "Hormone therapy for cancer".
14 mins
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Agree with Barbara for this side of the Pond.
1 hr
agree José Patrício : Hormone therapy for cancer - https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-gene...
2 hrs
agree neilmac
14 hrs
agree Helena Chavarria
20 hrs
agree Michele Fauble
23 hrs
neutral Giovanni Rengifo : IMO this option is actually too wordy and impractical. It'd probably work well as a title, but not that much if the term appears repeteadly in the text.
1 day 23 hrs
agree abe(L)solano
5 days
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7 hrs

hormone cancer treatment

As an alternative you could also use "hormonal cancer treatment" or "hormone-based cancer treatment." If I were you, I wouldn't use the word "anti-cancer". It's like, for ex. "polio vaccine." You wouldn't find "anti-polio vaccine", and if you do, it'd be very rare. It's just not worded that way in English.
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac
6 hrs
neutral liz askew : strangely enough I didn't find many instances of this. "Hormone therapy" seems to be a set phrase
8 hrs
agree Neil Ashby
8 hrs
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