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Breast Cancer (Therapy)
California Panel Concludes That Tamoxifen Is A Carcinogen
November 20th, 1995
A panel of state-appointed scientists has unanimously concluded that one of the world's most widely prescribed anti-cancer drugs, tamoxifen, can itself cause cancer. This finding would normally mean that tamoxifen, which has been prescribed worldwide to about three million women with breast cancer, would be added to the State of California governor's list of 404 chemicals "known to the state to cause cancer." But the drug has not been listed. Instead, under pressure from the drug maker and the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and after personal intervention by the governor, the Wilson Administration has delayed a decision indefinitely,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1995-11-20)
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