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Known complications of tamoxifen are: hot flashes, increased risk for cataracts, uterine cancer, blood clots, sexual function and vaginal dryness...
...Bober said these risks are far outweighed by the decrease in risk for breast cancer...
According to Sharon L. Bober, a clinical psychologist in the department of psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute who headed the study, the results were worrisome not only because women were denying preventive treatment, but that there were still women who were unsure about treatment...
...look at all of the advances in cancer genetics, there will be a growing implication for chemoprevention—chemical agents that will potentially mitigate or prevent diseases,” Bober said. “Most medications will always have some sort of side effect...
...flashes are uncomfortable, but not life-threatening; uterine cancer is serious, but the chances of that happening is very, very small,” Bober said. “The fact is, your risk of breast cancer is significantly higher than that of you getting uterine cancer...