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Health Encyclopedia: Breast Cancer Hormone Treatment: Tamoxifen, Other Ser Ms, And Aromatase Inhibitors
- Breast Cancer Hormone Treatment: Tamoxifen, other SERMs, and Aromatase Inhibitors
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Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy works by blocking estrogen that causes cell-proliferation. It is used for adjuvant therapy and for advanced cancers in patients with hormone receptor-positive tumors. Over the past few years, many new anti-estrogen drugs have become available. Generally they do one or more of the following:
- Block the hormone receptor itself
- Suppress estrogen production
- Destroy the ovaries (which produce estrogen)
Tamoxifen and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs)
Tamoxifen (No...
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