Tamoxifen Works Similarly in Black and White Women
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NEW YORK  - In women who've been treated  for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent  recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the  drug works equally well in black and white women.
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NEW YORK  - Women with breast cancer who  take tamoxifen are less likely to have a heart attack than  women with other types of cancer who are not taking the drug,  according to a new report.
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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Dec. 8, 2004 (San Antonio) -- Postmenopausal women with breast cancer fare better if they are treated with a new class of hormone drugs called aromatase inhibitors than if they are given tamoxifen, the standard
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Women with breast cancer who take tamoxifen are less likely to have a heart attack than women with other types of cancer who are not taking the drug, according to a new report.
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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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Radiation treatments routinely given  after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be  necessary for women over 70 if they are taking the cancer drug  tamoxifen, according to researchers.
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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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A new drug may give older women with early stages of breast cancer a better chance of beating the disease and stopping it returning and spreading.
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NEW YORK  - After surgery for early-stage breast cancer, women may be treated with tamoxifen for 5 years. After that point, treatment with Aromasin significantly improves survival, according to a new study.
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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 study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in black women: they are more likely to have tumors that do not respond to the hormone-based treatments that help many others with the disease.
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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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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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A new study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in black women: they are more likely to have tumors that do not respond to the hormone-based treatments that help many others with the disease.
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LONDON - Arimidex, one of a new class of breast cancer drugs, has clearly beaten standard treatment tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning in a 5-year study, researchers said on Wednesday.
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If you&#39;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.