Breast Cancer Therapy
Studies in the area of breast cancer therapy reported from Institute of Cancer Research
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 19th, 2007
New investigation results, "Ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal and perimenopausal women treated with Tamoxifen: a case-control study," are detailed in a study published in British Journal of Cancer. "As tamoxifen stimulates ovarian steroidogenesis in premenopausal women, induces ovulation and increases the incidence of benign ovarian cysts, there has been concern that it might also increase ovarian cancer risk in women treated premenopausally. In a national case-control study in Britain, treatment histories were collected for 158 cases of ovarian cancer after breast cancer diagnosed at ages under 55 years and 464 controls who had breast cancer at these ages without subsequent...
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