New Breast Cancer Drug Better Than Tamoxifen-Study
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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 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 fast-acting pathway used by the drug tamoxifen to kill damaged breast cells before they become cancerous has been identified by scientists at Duke University.
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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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A new study is the first to link weight gain to specific types of breast cancer
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SAN ANTONIO Dec 8, 2004 - A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting.
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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 to treat the cancer, U.S.  and British researchers said on Wednesday.
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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.
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(Dec. 8) -- Researchers believe they have a better drug for preventing recurring cases of breast cancer. After breast cancer surgery, women are often given the drug Tamoxifen to keep the cancer from coming back.
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Description: Researchers meeting in San Antonio are reporting promising results about a new genetic test that can predict which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy.
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A new genetic test could one day spare many women diagnosed with breast cancer from the rigors of chemotherapy, a new study says. But at least one cancer expert says more
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12/8/04- the drug tamoxifen has long been the 1st line of therapy for preventing the return of breast cancer, but researchers say another drug may be more effective and could soon become the 1st choice treatment for post-menopausal women who&#39;ve had the
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A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting.
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AstraZeneca Plcâs aromatase inhibitor Arimidex (anastrozole) is superior to tamoxifen for the treatment of postmenopausal women with localized, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, and a five-year course of the drug should be considered the
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A new type of breast cancer drug is superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in older women and should now be the first drug used to treat the cancer, U.S. and British researchers said on Wednesday.
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A new way to accurately predict how individual breast cancer patients will react to the anticancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) has been identified by researchers at the Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
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Novartis AG said on Wednesday that its breast cancer pill Femara is more effective than the current standard treatment tamoxifen in reducing the risk that the cancer will return to older women after surgery.