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Can An Elderly Women With Heart Disease Take Tamoxifen For Breast Cancer?
A study of a new breast cancer treatment, raloxifene, has found that though the drug is effective in preventing breast cancer, it raises the chances of stroke and blood clots in women with cardiovascular risks like hypertension and high cholesterol. In response to the study's results, some researchers say that the cancer-prevention potential of the drug does not justify its increased cardiovascular risk.
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Raloxifene and Tamoxifen Can Reduce the Chance of Breast Cancer
For years, women who were at high-risk for developing invasive breast cancer, or already had the disease and were trying to prevent a... Read more »
Treating the Elderly Patient with Breast Cancer
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In denial: heart disease, breast cancer, and diabetes
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Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) and Fareston FAQs: Hormone Therapies to Prevent...
Q. I was diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer and have had a lumpectomy and radiation. Now my oncologist has prescribed tamoxifen. I... Read more »
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Arimidex beats Tamoxifen in keeping breast cancer at bay
The breast cancer medication Arimidex beats tamoxifen when it comes to preventing recurrences of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer in... Read more »
Breast MRI and the New American Cancer Society Guidelines for ...
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Types of Breast Cancer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) and P...
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. What can you tell me about it, and what my treatment might be like?A. Inflammatory breast... Read more »
Paxil Interferes with Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen
Canadian researchers have found that women who take the antidepressant Paxil along with the breast cancer drug tamoxifen may be lowering their chance... Read more »
Femara beats Tamoxifen for older breast cancer patients
A new study has found that letrozole (Femara) increases survival more than tamoxifen for postmenopausal women who have undergone surgery. In the... Read more »
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