Aromasin after tamoxifen ups breast cancer survival
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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 drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AGâs Femara (letrozole) tablets for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have already received post-surgery tamoxifen therapy for five years.
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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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Most women who have breast cancer and are past menopause should take a type of hormone-blocking drug known as an aromatase inhibitor to prevent cancer recurrence, experts said Monday.
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - The addition of radiation  therapy to chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery  "substantially" improves survival, according to a 20-year  followup analysis of a British Columbia trial.
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Herceptin could cut the need for mastectomies in breast cancer patients, research suggests.
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Post-menopausal women diagnosed with early-stage hormone-receptor (HR) positive breast cancer might be better off taking the drug anastrozole (Arimidex - brand name
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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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Adding Herceptin to hormonal therapy  increases significantly the length of time certain women with  advanced breast cancer live without their disease progressing,  researchers said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option yesterday with the approval of a novel drug -- but how much benefit it offers is unclear.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News)-- Chemotherapy drugs known as anthracyclines help boost survival for women with HER2-positive breast cancer who have undergone surgery, but they may not offer any survival benefit for those with HER2-negative tumors.
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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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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
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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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A drug can treat  menopausal symptoms among women on tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer, say scientists.