Word: tamoxifen
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...about 50%. Because Herceptin works by blocking a protein called HER2 that signals cells to divide and grow too fast, it is valuable only for the 20% to 30% of patients whose tumors are HER2-positive. Still, the news was greeted by many specialists as the biggest breakthrough since tamoxifen...
Known complications of tamoxifen are: hot flashes, increased risk for cataracts, uterine cancer, blood clots, sexual function and vaginal dryness...
...team surveyed 129 high-risk women about the drug Tamoxifen, the first and only drug approved by the FDA to inhibit breast cancer...
...Tamoxifen has been used to treat cases of advanced breast cancer for over two decades, but has only been used as a preventative measure in the last 10 years...
...Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modifier, a type of drug that prevents estrogen—a key player in breast cancer— from binding to cells in breast tissue...