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Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Tamoxifen
Sipple syndrome; MEN II
Treatment
Surgery is needed to remove pheochromocytoma.
For medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, the thyroid gland and surrounding lymph nodes must be totally removed. Thyroid hormone replacement therapy is given after surgery.
If a child is known to carry the RET gene mutation, surgery to remove the thyroid before it becomes cancerous is considered. This should be discussed with a physician who is very familiar with this condition. It would be done at an...
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Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) and Arimidex: In the News Again
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) I
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Wermer syndrome; MEN ITreatmentSurgery to remove the diseased gland is the treatment of choice. A medication called bromocriptine may be used instead... Read more »
Breast Cancer Hormone Treatment: Tamoxifen, other SERMs, and A...
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
www.cancer.gov -- National Cancer Institutewww.cancer.org -- American Cancer Societywww.asco.org -- American Society of Clinical... Read more »
Systemic Treatments for IDC: Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, T...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Unlike local treatments, which focus on the area (or areas) where the invasive ductal carcinoma was found, systemic treatments involve the entire... Read more »
Systemic Treatments for ILC: Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, T...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Unlike local treatments, which focus on the area (or areas) where the invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) was found, systemic treatments involve the... Read more »
Tamoxifen
Source: Breastcancer.org
Tamoxifen, the generic name of Nolvadex, is the oldest and most-prescribed SERM. Tamoxifen is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... Read more »
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