Breast cancer prevention: How nurse practitioners and physician assistants can help
For women at higher risk of breast cancer, there is a proven way to cut the risk in half: take an anti-cancer drug such as tamoxifen.
May 29, 2025
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Tamoxifen
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Drug combination reduces breast cancer risk and improves metabolic health in rats
Approximately 25% of women in the United States between ages 45 and 60 are at high risk for breast cancer and should consider preventive medication, such as the commonly prescribed drug tamoxifen.
Apr 28, 2025
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Microfluidic chip technology enables real-time study of cancer cell interactions with blood vessels
Researchers have developed a cutting-edge chip technology capable of precisely mimicking the interactions between cancer cells and blood vessels, akin to the human body environment. This innovation is being hailed as a significant ...
Apr 15, 2025
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New federal mandate on breast density: Essential guidance for clinicians and patients
A new federal mandate requires that all women undergoing mammography in the U.S. be informed about their breast density—a factor that affects both cancer detection and risk. The regulation mandates that more than 40 million ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Clinical trial: Adjuvant tamoxifen may reduce recurrence risk for patients with 'good-risk' DCIS who forgo radiation
For patients with "good-risk" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent breast-conserving surgery and did not receive radiotherapy, tamoxifen significantly decreased the risk of recurrence in the same breast, according ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Algorithm analyzes multiple mammograms to improve breast cancer risk prediction
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes an innovative method of analyzing mammograms that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting the risk of breast cancer development over ...
Dec 5, 2024
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How breast cancer cells survive in bone marrow after remission
A study from researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California San Diego has shed light on a previously poorly understood aspect of breast cancer recurrence: how cancer cells survive in bone marrow ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Menopausal status influences long-term benefit from anti-hormonal treatment, study shows
Today, women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer receive anti-hormonal therapy. Researchers now show that postmenopausal women with low-risk tumors have a long-term benefit for at least 20 years, while the benefit was more ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Scientists discover why breast cancer drug works better for some people
A new study has shown that variation in the microbiota of the human gut impacts the pharmacokinetics of tamoxifen and thus the effectiveness of the drug. The finding, published in the journal mBio, suggests that in the future, ...
Nov 25, 2024
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A 36-gene predictive score of anti-cancer drug resistance anticipates cancer therapy outcomes
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Cancer Act, launching a nationwide effort to combat the disease. Eighty-seven years later, despite significant progress, cancer treatment often falls short, with 50% ...
Nov 7, 2024
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