GP fact file on postmenopausal breast cancer
The GP Fact File on Postmenopausal Breast Cancer provides up-to-date information for GPs on the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Failure to complete tamoxifen course
Half of all women taking tamoxifen fail to complete the five-year treatment course, according to a retrospective cohort study of all women with incident breast cancer in Tayside, Scotland, carried out between 1993 and 2002.
Toxicity indicates success in breast cancer
Vasomotor and joint symptoms in breast cancer patients receiving endocrine treatment may indicate treatment success, according to a retrospective analysis of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) trial.
Few At-Risk Women Elect to Use Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer
Women at risk for breast cancer are unwilling to accept the potential harms of tamoxifen in order to reduce their chances of breast cancer, say researchers who published their study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2009 Nov 12 [Epub ahead of print]).
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