Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years ago there wasn't a pill in the world that had been proved to reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Today there are two: tamoxifen, which doctors have used for more than 25 years to treat breast tumors after they have formed; and raloxifene, a newer drug that was originally designed to prevent osteoporosis but that, according to a study in last week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, may also afford some protection against breast cancer...
Thus far only tamoxifen has been formally approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for reducing the risk of breast cancer. But ever since preliminary data suggested that raloxifene might also help keep breast cancer at bay, the spotlight has been shifting toward the newer drug. Why? Because raloxifene, unlike tamoxifen, doesn't appear to increase a woman's risk of developing uterine cancer...
ESTROGEN REPRIEVE Many women facing menopause consider hormone-replacement therapy but fear that the estrogen in HRT will increase their risk of breast cancer. The jury is still out, but here's some reassurance. A study of 37,000 women found little evidence that estrogen is linked to common types of cancers such as ductal carcinoma in situ (a cancer confined to a duct). It may, however, increase some uncommon forms--but they are slow growing and may be easily treatable...
CALLING ALL GIRLS Though breast cancer is a disease that afflicts adult women, researchers say the risks for developing it start piling up as early as the preteen years. Doctors can't explain why, but they found that girls who are relatively lean at age 10 and those who grow very rapidly during adolescence have a significantly increased risk for the disease. What to do? Not much, but at least make sure your daughter is eating right and exercising...
Sources--Good News: (1 & 2) Journal of the American Medical Association (6/9/99); Bad News: Cancer (6/99); Journal of Adolescent Health (Spring...