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definition
A nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of advanced breast cancer.
Examples of tamoxifen in a Sentence
In most women the benefits of taking tamoxifen outweigh the risks.
The main finding was a 49% reduction in the incidence of breast cancer among the participants who were randomly assigned to receive tamoxifen.
The risk is small compared to the benefits of using tamoxifen to treat breast cancer.
Review This review sought information on all trials in early breast cancer begun before 1990 comparing adjuvant tamoxifen versus no such treatment.
Tamoxifen A randomized controlled trial has shown that tamoxifen A randomized controlled trial has shown that tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer in women at increased risk for the disease.
They were either given 20 mg tamoxifen daily for five years or a placebo.
Randomized trial of two versus five years of adjuvant tamoxifen for post-menopausal early stage breast cancer.
The thought came to mind after we looked at the success of the drug tamoxifen in fighting - and preventing - breast cancer.
Hormone treatment Doctors have been looking at the hormone treatment tamoxifen to treat advanced ovarian cancer.
Tamoxifen A randomized controlled trial has shown that tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer in women at increased risk for the disease.
There are other ongoing randomized trials in Europe testing the efficacy of tamoxifen for the primary prevention of breast cancer.
There have been a few studies of tamoxifen for women who have advanced ovarian cancer that has n't responded to chemotherapy treatment.
These appear to persist despite four years of tamoxifen therapy and increase prior to relapse in some patients.
The included trials were conducted in women with metastatic breast cancer after the failure of the tamoxifen treatment.
Tamoxifen citrate is the only approved chemopreventive agent for breast cancer.
For example, the drug tamoxifen has been very effective against breast cancer and is in 2004 being used to prevent recurrence in breast cancer survivors.
For example, tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancers whose growth depends on the hormone estrogen.
Tamoxifen/FSH and Letrozole/FSH groups did better than the ones with Tamoxifen alone.