Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Starla's Breast Cancer Journey: Tamoxifen
17 Nov 2009 by Starla  
I was prescribed Tamoxifen which I will take daily for the next 5 years. This medication is supposed to slow the growth of cancer cells. During the first couple of weeks, Tamoxifen can increase symptoms of cancer, including bone or ...
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View Post: Study Shows Women With a Gene Variant Respond Better to Tamoxifen ...
15 Nov 2009 by Dr. Perlmutter  
They found that women with the highly active version of the gene were significantly less likely to have their breast cancer come back after five years of tamoxifen treatment. These women had outcomes similar to those seen in women ...
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View Post: Systematic review: drug prophylaxis against breast cancer - NeLM
17 Nov 2009
A systematic review carried out on behalf of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) concludes that tamoxifen, raloxifene, and tibolone can reduce the risk of primary breast cancer, however all are also associated with ...
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View Post: Roswell Researchers Get Grant to Study Tamoxifen Therapy Outcomes
17 Nov 2009 by Anne  
BUFFALO, NY – Two Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers have been awarded a two-year, $650000 grant by the National Institutes of Health to study a novel approach to treating breast cancer with tamoxifen. ...
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View Post: breast cancer (idea)@Everything2.com
12 Nov 2009 by lizardinlaw  
It gives an estimated breast cancer % recurrence over the next 10 years. 51% of node negative patients are low score and then do not need adjuvant therapy (such as tamoxifen, chemotherapy or radiation). People with high scores have a ...
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View Post: Budget Impact Analysis of Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer with ...
2 Nov 2009 by Kondo, M., Hoshi, S.-L., Toi, M.  
Budget Impact Analysis of Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer with Tamoxifen and Raloxifene among High-risk Women in Japan. Masahide Kondo1,2, Shu-Ling Hoshi1 and Masakazu Toi3. 1 Department of Health Care Policy and Management, ...
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View Post: Health Tips: breast cancer treatment
8 Nov 2009 by Health Tips  
At this time there are many options for the treatment of breast cancer. Some of this surgery and radiation therapy (radiotherapy), chemotherapy and hormone therapy, or a combination of these to rein in tumors or breast cancer. Tamoxifen ...
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View Post: The Blog that Ate Manhattan: Drugs for Cancer Prevention - NY ...
13 Nov 2009 by Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)  
Both tamoxifen and raloxifene cut the risk for breast cancer in half among high risk women who use the drug for 5 years. Tamoxifen also prevents DCIS and LCIS in addition to invasive cancer, while raloxifene does not reduce these risks. ...
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View Post: Oncology Nursing News
Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs Come With Risks
17 Nov 2009 ...
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