Breast Cancer

Tips For Prevention And Early Detection Published

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 15th, 2001

Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer among women in the United States, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. But when detected early, the chances for successful treatment of breast cancer are much improved.

Many women think that with new cancer drugs, such as tamoxifen, breast cancer is not as serious or deadly as it once was. This is a dangerous misconception. Breast cancer kills 138,000 American women each year, and as of yet, there is no foolproof treatment or cure.

Popular breast cancer drug treatments such as tamoxifen work by blocking tumor stimulating properties of estrogen, but sometimes tamoxifen...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-11-15)

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