Arimidex Beats Tamoxifen as Breast Cancer Treatment
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Women with breast cancer were offered new hope yesterday by research hailed as the biggest advance in 30 years. The findings mark a watershed in breast cancer care and are expected to challenge
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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 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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In premenopausal women with  fibroids, the breast cancer drug anastrozole (Arimidex) reduces  fibroid size and improves bothersome symptoms, according to  results of a prospective study conducted at the Aristotle  University of Thessaloniki in Greece.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new chemotherapy drug called Ixempra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat women with advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to three other types of chemotherapy.
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SAN ANTONIO -- 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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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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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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A drug currently prescribed to combat advanced breast cancer can now be used to help prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday.
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A new type of cancer drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., when combined with a standard chemotherapy, was significantly better than chemotherapy alone in delaying progression of advanced breast cancer, a researcher said on Sunday.
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MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- A newer generation of breast cancer medications added months to the lives of patients with the most advanced form of the disease, according to the first study of its kind.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Taking tamoxifen to treat breast cancer won't increase your risk of stroke.
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Marin physicians say they are already prescribing a new breast cancer drug that shows better results at preventing the return of disease in older women, as announced yesterday in a study.
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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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A drug currently used against advanced breast cancer may provide better protection against recurrence or spreading than standard medication for post-menopausal women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG and independent researchers said Wednesday.
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San Antonio - 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 breast cancer drug is so effective it will see the end of the current &quot;gold standard&quot; treatment Tamoxifen, researchers said today.