Breast Cancer
Fox Chase researchers find that fish oil boosts responses to breast cancer drug tamoxifen
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 21st, 2011
2011 APR 21 -- Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, with more than 200,000 women diagnosed each year. Being exposed to estrogen over a long period of time is one factor that can increase a woman's risk of developing the disease. One way a woman can combat this risk factor is by taking the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, which interferes with the activity of estrogen. Now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3 fatty acids-abundant in fish-could be a safe and beneficial booster for tamoxifen therapy.
Jose Russo, MD, director of the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase, will present the new findings at...
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