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Breast Cancer
Test predicts risk of blood clots in women receiving tamoxifen therapy
June 9th, 2005
New research findings may help physicians determine which women have an increased risk of blood clots when taking tamoxifen for the management of breast cancer. Judy Garber, MD, MPH, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented study data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting on May 15, 2005, on behalf of her colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine and more than 30 institutions and medical practices in the Cancer and Leukemia Group B consortium, a clinical research network organized by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). The study involved more than 300 women receiving tamoxifen as adjuvant therapy given after...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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