Breast Cancer

Task force addresses use of drugs to reduce breast cancer risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 15th, 2002

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended that clinicians discuss the potential benefits and risks of taking prescription medicines such as tamoxifen to reduce the risk of breast cancer with their female patients who are at high risk for the disease.

The task force also recommended against the use of these drugs by women at low or average risk for breast cancer.

The task force, an independent panel of experts that is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), reviewed three randomized controlled trials that studied the use of the drug tamoxifen and one study on the off-label use of the drug raloxifene to...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-08-15)

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