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View Post: High-Risk Women May Often Avoid Using Tamoxifen
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4 Dec 2009 by Tina Tran   ...
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View Post: Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Prevention « Disability
3 Dec 2009 by trakkrz-admin  
Around 10 million women at high risk of breast cancer are eligible to take a drug called tamoxifen to prevent the cancer. Yet, very few women choose to take the drug for prevention. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...
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View Post: Clinics Turkey.com Health Advice and News - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ...
18 hours ago
Raloxifene, too, has been shown to be cross-resistant to tamoxifen in Phase II trials of second-line treatment of advanced breast cancer (Buzdar et al., 1988) and appears to have equal efficacy to existing hormonal agents as first-line ...
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View Post: » Would you trade your Love life for a smaller chance of Cancer ...
18 hours ago by Nancy Reyes  
The Tamoxifen blocked the estrogen, so the cancer tended not to grow, or to grow more slowly). Often it was given with other anti cancer medicines, or after a relapse in the disease to prolong life. ...
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View Post: Pharmacist.com
Genetics affect tamoxifen outcomes
2 Dec 2009 ...
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Oestrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer ... ...
View Blog: Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumours had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118

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View Post: High-risk women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer
2 Dec 2009 by leekatt  
Even when women at high-risk of breast cancer are well-informed about the risks and benefits of using the drug tamoxifen for prevention, only 6 percent said they were likely to take it, according to a University of Michigan study. ...
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View Post: Health News Roundup: Women Won't Take Tamoxifen; Aspirin Good for ...
2 Dec 2009 by Amanda Natividad  
Women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer: Women at high risk of breast cancer are not just wary about taking tamoxifen to prevent the disease – most of them are not likely to take the drug. Only 6% of women informed ...
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