Harry Houdini. Houdini redirects here. For other uses, see Houdini (disambiguation). Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 â October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts.
Hormone therapy for breast cancer. Hormone therapy is a form of systemic therapy that works to add, block or remove hormones from the body to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells.
Some breast cancers are sensitive to your body's naturally occurring female hormones â estrogen and progesterone. The breast cancer cells have receptors on the outside of their walls that can catch specific hormones that circulate through your body. Knowing your breast cancer is sensitive to hormones gives your doctor a better idea of how best to treat the cancer or prevent cancer from recurring. Hormone status of breast cancers includes: 1  Estrogen receptor (ER) positive. 2  This type of breast cancer is sensitive to estrogen and may respond to hormone therapy. 3  Progesterone receptor (PR) positive. 4  This type of breast cancer is sensitive to progesterone and may respond to hormone therapy.