Report shows why women decline tamoxifen
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Boston researchers say many women at high risk for breast cancer are declining tamoxifen, the first approved drug for prevention of breast cancer.
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A drug called anastrozole is better at preventing relapses among certain breast cancer patients than tamoxifen, the current standard treatment, research presented at a medical conference Wednesday shows.
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NEW YORK  - Fewer than one third of women 40 to 60 years old have heard about the landmark study that found the risks of hormone therapy for most menopausal women probably outweigh their benefits.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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A drop in breast cancer cases may due to women eschewing Hormone Replacement Therapy, a study suggests.
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Hormone replacement therapy, breast surgery and a low body weight all make it harder to detect breast cancer, scientists have discovered.
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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 REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug, Arimidex, and others in its class outperform the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing recurrence in older women.
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About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, according to a new study.
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A mammogram may be less effective if a woman is on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new British study finds. Mammography&#39;s ability to detect and exclude
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About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said on Friday.
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The breast cancer pill tamoxifen helped treat the "manic" symptoms of bipolar disease, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday.
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Arimidex has been shown to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women better than tamoxifen, the standard breast cancer therapy for postmenopausal women.
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Many women who've had breast cancer or are at high risk for the disease take tamoxifen for years. A new study now shows that long-term tamoxifen use seems to increase the risk of stroke, although the absolute increase in risk is small.
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A NEWER drug prevented far more breast cancers from recurring in older women than the old standby tamoxifen and with far fewer side effects, doctors in the US said yesterday, citing a new study.
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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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In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the