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Letrozole Femara Boys Growth
Pronounced: (LET-tro-zole)
Uses
This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer) in women after menopause. Letrozole is also used to help prevent the cancer from returning. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Letrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers.
Letrozole is usually not...
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Source: Breastcancer.org
Femara (chemical name: letrozole) is an aromatase inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat: post-menopausal women... Read more »
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Source: Breastcancer.org
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