News tagged with tamoxifen
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Researchers identify possible receptor for key breast cancer regulator
A key protein potentially involved in regulating breast cancer progression has been identified by researchers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Led by professor Costel Darie, the team worked to identify the binding ...
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Jan 13, 2012 |
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Personalising the use of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment
(Medical Xpress) -- UCD researchers have identified a novel biomarker that can identify those women with breast cancer who will have a poor response to tamoxifen, one of the principle anti-hormone drugs used ...
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Dec 15, 2011 |
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Male breast cancer patients stop taking tamoxifen early because of drug-related side effects
The largest study to investigate the tolerability of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that men stop taking their prescribed therapy early because of problems with side effects caused ...
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Tamoxifen resistance -- and how to defeat it
In the last three decades, thousands of women with breast cancer have taken the drug tamoxifen, only to discover that the therapy doesn't work, either because their tumors do not respond to the treatment at all, or because ...
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Nov 13, 2011 |
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Small molecules can starve cancer cells
All cells in our body have a system that can handle cellular waste and release building blocks for recycling. The underlying mechanism is called autophagy and literally means "self-eating". Many cancer cells have increased ...
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Oct 09, 2011 |
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Another step toward resisting breast cancer
Medical researchers at the University of Leeds have come a step closer to understanding how to stop breast cancers from coming back.
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Toxicity of aromatase inhibitors may explain lack of overall survival improvement
The toxicities associated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) may explain the lack of overall survival improvement compared with tamoxifen, according to a study published August 22 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute.
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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PET scans confirm effectiveness of estrogen-blocking drugs in breast cancer patients
For the first time, researchers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron emission tomography (PET) scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the relative ...
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Aug 18, 2011 |
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Leukemia drug reverses tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer cells
Taking a leukemia chemotherapy drug may help breast cancer patients who don't respond to tamoxifen overcome resistance to the widely-used drug, new research from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests. ...
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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Drug's lasting benefits sees breast cancer deaths down by third
The benefits of using tamoxifen to prevent recurrence of breast cancer after surgery continue to accrue long after women stop taking the drug, a study led by Oxford University has found.
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Jul 29, 2011 |
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Can gel shrink some cancer tumors?
(Medical Xpress) -- Can a gel applied to the skin of a woman's breast provide the same cancer-fighting benefits as a pill taken by mouth but reduce the side effects of the medicine?
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Jul 08, 2011 |
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Can topical skin gel shrink some breast cancer tumors?
Can a gel applied to the skin of a woman's breast provide the same cancer-fighting benefits as a pill taken by mouth but reduce the side effects of the medicine?
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Jun 24, 2011 |
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Emerging trends in radiation therapy for women over 70 with early stage breast cancer
Patterns of radiation usage in breast conserving therapy for women 70 years and older with stage I breast cancer are changing: more women are opting for radioactive implants and those with estrogen positive tumors are opting ...
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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Scientists find new drug target in breast cancer
Researchers have identified a new protein involved in the development of drug resistance in breast cancer which could be a target for new treatments, they report today in the journal Nature Medicine.
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May 22, 2011 |
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Enzyme may drive breast cancer growth
A recently discovered enzyme drives the production of a potent form of estrogen in human breast cancer tissue, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found.
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May 18, 2011 |
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