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Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer Prevention
Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer Prevention
Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease. Fewer than one in five women eligible to take tamoxifen were inclined to take the drug after being told of its risks and benefits, according to a new study. The study, from the May 15, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reports that concerns over the drug's adverse effects were the primary reason for refusal.
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How can cancer be prevented?
A: Two things are happening. One is that we're understanding the biology a lot better--though sometimes that means people become more fatalistic because they think, "I've got the genes, I'll get the disease."
The second thing is that people are beginning to understand that cancer is preventable despite family histories, just as heart disease is.
But cancer is a lot more complicated. Unlike heart disease, which is primarily one disease, cancer is a hundred diseases that attack different organs and that have different risk factors. The nice thing is that some of the risk factors are in common and some of those include diet. |
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