Low Dose Tamoxifen Reduces Cancer Risk And Side Effects
Women with so-called dense breasts, which are made up of a lot of glandular tissue and connective tissue but little fat, are at increased risk of developing breast cancer (see box). This is because breast cancer occurs in these very tissues. “You don’t get cancer in the fat itself,” says Per Hall, professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and biostatistics at Karolinska institutet. The drug tamoxifen has been shown in several large studies to be effective in preventing recurrence of breast cancer, for women affected by hormone-controlled cancer (see box). Tamoxifen blocks the effect of estrogen, which does not go unnoticed. – Younger women are thrown directly into menopause and it’s not funny. Many people get side effects in… Read More »Low Dose Tamoxifen Reduces Cancer Risk And Side Effects