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.
Hormone therapy may be used to treat prostate cancer if: 1  Surgery or radiation is not possible. 2  Cancer has metastasized (spread) or recurred (come back after treatment) 3  Cancer is at high risk of returning after radiation.  Shrinking the cancer before surgery or radiation increases the chance for successful treatment.