Tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer, but its benefits appear to be limited to women at high risk of the hormone-dependent form of the disease, according to an updated analysis of ...

Q: I had been on hormone replacement therapy for 20 years or so and was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. I had a lumpectomy (stage 1) and radiation (external, five days a week for 21 treatments ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had been on hormone replacement therapy for 20 years or so and was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. I had a lumpectomy (stage 1) and radiation (external, five days a week for ...

March 18, 2004 (Hamburg, Germany) — Breast cancer patients who receive tamoxifen after adjuvant postoperative chemotherapy have little if any survival benefit from the treatment, according to findings ...

December 19, 2007 (San Antonio) — Preliminary results from the largest trial to date testing adjuvant therapy in breast cancer has found that, contrary to National Cancer Institute recommendations, ...

Femara showed reduced risk of death by 13% (P=0.08), despite inclusion of patients crossing over from tamoxifen to Femara therapy In a separate censored analysis excluding patients after they crossed ...

An enzyme called CYP2D6 converts tamoxifen to its active form, and some research has suggested that if the enzyme is blocked, tamoxifen won’t be as effective, thus causing patients to recur sooner ...

Longitudinal Perceptions of Prognosis and Goals of Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care The Study of Tamoxifen and ...

A new study by Canadian researchers indicates a woman’s chance of breast cancer returning after surgery is significantly reduced by following up with radiation therapy and tamoxifen. The study, ...

LOS ANGELES (May 12) -Despite previous studies hinting at tamoxifen's potential benefit for breast cancer survivors' heart health, California researchers have found that the breast cancer drug does ...

Longitudinal Perceptions of Prognosis and Goals of Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care The Study of Tamoxifen and ...

A new study by Canadian researchers indicates a woman’s chance of breast cancer returning after surgery is significantly reduced by following up with radiation therapy and tamoxifen. The study, ...