Tamoxifen Works Similarly in Black and White Women
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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
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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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The FDA has approved the drug letrozole for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
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Black women with uterine cancer are   more likely to die than white women given similar treatment,   U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Black women seem to develop breast cancer much earlier than their white peers, UK research suggests.
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A new study is the first to link weight gain to specific types of breast cancer
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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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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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A class of hormone-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was tamoxifen, a medication now prescribed
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A group of drugs called aromatase inhibitors should be used after surgery to treat postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, new guidelines recommend.
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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.
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A new drug is better than tamoxifen at preventing breast cancers from coming back and should immediately become the first-line treatment for women with certain tumours, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - 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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TUESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- If you're taking raloxifene (Evista) because you have osteoporosis, a new study finds a probable added benefit: The drug may also significantly reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.
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MONDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- The breast cancer drug tamoxifen may cause a slight increase in stroke risk, says a Duke University Medical Center study in the Oct. 12 issue of Neurology.
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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a potential predictor of response to the chemotherapy drug Taxol, which is commonly used before or after surgery for stage I-III breast cancers, even though only a subset of women