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Breast Cancer
Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
June 2nd, 2005
Despite previous studies hinting at tamoxifen's potential benefit for breast cancer survivors' heart health, researchers have found that the breast cancer drug does not decrease survivors' risk of heart attack. Writing in the May 9, 2005, issue of the British Journal of Cancer, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Kaiser Permanente Southern California reported that "tamoxifen therapy neither raises nor lowers the chance of a subsequent heart attack in women who have had breast cancer (Myocardial infarction risk and tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer," Br J Cancer, 2005;92(9):1614-1620). Earlier studies had...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-02)
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