Breast cancer drug cuts prostate cancer
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The drug toremifene, used to treat breast cancer in women, has been found to also reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in men at 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 newer drug prevented far more breast cancers from recurring in older women than the old standby tamoxifen and with far fewer side effects, doctors said Wednesday, citing a new study.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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TORONTO - A standard treatment used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer should be replaced by a newer drug, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- 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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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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A new breast cancer drug is significantly better at preventing the spread and return of the disease than the current treatment, according to a new study in the Lancet medical journal.
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British scientists have discovered a new  way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat  prostate cancer.
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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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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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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 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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Treating prostate cancer patients with female hormone therapy reduces the side effects of treatment, doctors believe.
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Breast cancer survivors now have another drug that can help keep the disease from coming back. Femara is prescribed to fight advanced breast cancer.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Switching to newer breast cancer drugs, called aromatase inhibitors, after two to three years of treatment with tamoxifen may extend disease-free survival and slightly reduce the risk of death in women who've been treated for early stage disease, an international study finds.