New Breast Cancer Drug Bests Tamoxifen
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A newer drug called anastrozole could replace tamoxifen as the standard drug for postmenopausal breast cancer patients whose cancer is fueled by estrogen, a new study finds.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Certain breast cancer patients who switch to the aromatase inhibitor drug anastrozole (Arimidex) after two to three years of treatment with tamoxifen live longer and are more likely to remain cancer-free, German researchers report.
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Breast cancer survivors now have another drug that can help keep the disease from coming back. Femara is prescribed to fight advanced breast cancer.
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Women with a high risk of breast  cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid  of side effects, even though the drug can protect them from the  cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Women over the age of 70 who have small breast cancer tumours removed in surgery need not bother with follow-up radiation treatment if they take the cancer drug tamoxifen, according to two new studies.
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A new breast cancer drug is significantly better at preventing the spread and return of the disease than the current treatment, according to a new study in the Lancet medical journal.
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A new drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have reported the disease, doctors are reporting.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast-cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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Women with a high risk of breast cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid of side effects, even though the drug can protect them from the cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Women who switch from the breast  cancer pill tamoxifen to a newer class of drugs called  aromatase inhibitors live longer, Italian researchers reported  on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - After approximately 8 years, postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer who received (Arimidex), generically known as anastrazole, had a lower risk of recurrence than women taking tamoxifen, investigators reported at the annual meeting of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Taking tamoxifen to treat breast cancer won&#39;t increase your risk of stroke. However, a report on that finding, which appears in the Oct. 20 issue of the
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease than
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Prompted by results of two previous studies, physicians today warn breast cancer patients who take tamoxifen that the drug might increase their stroke risk-but a new study by Southern California researchers finds no link between tamoxifen and stroke.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is clearly superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in many women and should now be the first drug used
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Women who switch from the breast cancer pill tamoxifen to a newer class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors live longer, Italian researchers reported on Monday.
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THE QUESTION: Tamoxifen is commonly taken by women with breast cancer to prevent its recurrence and by women at high risk for the disease.