Then they put you on a drug called tamoxifen, which basically puts you into early menopause. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2006] Reference
In addition to Lupron, I take a daily pill called tamoxifen that is 100% harmful to a fetus. From Wordnik.com. [Alice Crisci: Too Young for This: Menopause at 32] Reference
In addition to Lupron, I take a daily pill called tamoxifen that is 100\% harmful to a fetus. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Around 10 million women at high risk of breast cancer are eligible to take a drug called tamoxifen to prevent the cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Blisstree] Reference
Commonly used breast cancer therapies, such as tamoxifen and Herceptin (r), target these receptors. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
This may be followed by adjuvant radiotherapy, hormone therapy (such as tamoxifen), or chemotherapy. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Current treatments, such as tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors, prevent estrogen from binding to estrogen receptors. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
However, in the lining of the uterus, tamoxifen acts like estrogen. From Wordnik.com. [Older Drug Cuts Breast-Cancer Risk More] Reference
Raloxifene did match tamoxifen in preventing noninvasive breast cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Older Drug Cuts Breast-Cancer Risk More] Reference
I ` m on tamoxifen every day for three years or something and -- great. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2005] Reference
The new focus is on less toxic approaches than chemotherapy or tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Women may be switched onto SSRIs that are less likely to affect tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Taking tamoxifen and an antidepressant? Talk to your doctor] Reference
Uterine cancer developed in 65 tamoxifen users but in only 37 women on Evista. From Wordnik.com. [Study: 2 Good Choices To Prevent Breast Cancer] Reference
At the end of her treatment, Shapcott, like Darling, was prescribed tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Jo Shapcott: I'm not someone chasing her own ambulance] Reference
But not all experts agree that raloxifene is just as good an option as tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Older Drug Cuts Breast-Cancer Risk More] Reference
In the battle against breast cancer, no weapon is used more widely than tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Breast Cancer: The Ounce Of Prevention?] Reference
Twice as many women on tamoxifen had abnormal uterine growths that led to hysterectomies. From Wordnik.com. [Study: 2 Good Choices To Prevent Breast Cancer] Reference
She switched to Evista after two years on tamoxifen because of worries about side effects. From Wordnik.com. [Study: 2 Good Choices To Prevent Breast Cancer] Reference
Instead, women taking both an SSRI and tamoxifen should see their doctor to decide what to do. From Wordnik.com. [Taking tamoxifen and an antidepressant? Talk to your doctor] Reference
Also, this note on tamoxifen, it does carry some risks, stroke, blood clots, endomitreal (ph) cancer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2002] Reference
In my view, the benefits of using tamoxifen, especially with a hormone sensitive tumor, outweigh risks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2001] Reference
In those results, women taking tamoxifen had increased risk of certain side effects, such as blood clots. From Wordnik.com. [Older Drug Cuts Breast-Cancer Risk More] Reference
"We've now documented that it's far less toxic" than tamoxifen, said study leader Dr.D. Lawrence Wickerham. From Wordnik.com. [Study: 2 Good Choices To Prevent Breast Cancer] Reference
That finding raises a tantalizing question: could tamoxifen help healthy women avoid breast cancer altogether?. From Wordnik.com. [Breast Cancer: The Ounce Of Prevention?] Reference
Studies have yet to confirm a connection, but many women on tamoxifen complain of watching the scale inch upward. From Wordnik.com. [Health for Life M.D.: Breast Cancer] Reference
Now a panel of clinical oncologists is recommending that doctors keep their patients on tamoxifen rather than switch. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2002] Reference
If you are taking tamoxifen for breast cancer, and also an SSRI antidepressant, make an appointment to see your doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Taking tamoxifen and an antidepressant? Talk to your doctor] Reference
They all pretty much agreed that the "best" approach was to follow up my lumpectomy with radiation and tamoxifen therapy. From Wordnik.com. [Breast cancer choices: when the evidence is unclear] Reference
The NCI is now developing an educational program to help physicians and patients decide who should consider taking tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Proclamation On National Breast Cancer Awareness Month] Reference
However, there's also a new study that indicates that given tamoxifen after chemotherapy can be extremely effective for women. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2002] Reference
Evista clearly is the safer drug, said V. Craig Jordan of Georgetown University, the scientist who led development of tamoxifen. From Wordnik.com. [Study: 2 Good Choices To Prevent Breast Cancer] Reference
Over the longer time period, tamoxifen cut the risk of invasive breast cancer by 50%, while raloxifene's effectiveness dropped to 38%. From Wordnik.com. [Older Drug Cuts Breast-Cancer Risk More] Reference
About pesticides and pollution and the company that created tamoxifen, the one that makes pesticides, that might be connected to cancer. From Wordnik.com. [S. L. Wisenberg: Why I Hate Elizabeth Edwards] Reference
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