Solution To Breast Cancer!
Camry James
How long should a patient take tamoxifen for the treatment of
breast cancer?
Patients with advanced breast cancer may take tamoxifen for
varying lengths of time, depending on their response to this
treatment and other factors. When used as adjuvant therapy for
early stage breast cancer, tamoxifen is generally prescribed
for 5 years. However, the ideal length of treatment with
tamoxifen is not known.
How Often Should I Take Tamoxifen?
Two studies have confirmed the benefit of taking adjuvant
tamoxifen daily for 5 years. These studies compared 5 years of
treatment with tamoxifen with 10 years of treatment. When taken
for 5 years, the drug reduces the risk of recurrence of the
original breast cancer and also reduces the risk of developing
a second primary cancer in the other breast. Taking tamoxifen
for longer than 5 years is not more effective than 5 years of
therapy.
What is Tamoxifen
Tamoxifen is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator
which is used in breast cancer treatment, and is currently the
world's largest selling breast cancer treatment. It is used for
the treatment of early and advanced breast cancer in pre- and
post-menopausal women. It is also approved by the FDA for the
reduction of the incidence of breast cancer in women at high
risk of developing the disease. It has been further approved
for the reduction of contralateral (in the opposite breast)
breast cancer.
Tamoxifen and Cancer
Tamoxifen is used to reduce the risk of breast cancer for women
who:
1. are at high risk of breast cancer but have no personal
history of the disease
2. have non-invasive, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer,
or DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ)
3. have hormone-receptor-positive invasive breast cancer at any
stage.
Tamoxifen is sometimes used to treat gynecomastia in men.
Tamoxifen is also used by bodybuilders in a steroid cycle to
try and prevent or reduce drug-induced gynecomastia caused by
steroids that are used in the same cycle.
Tamoxifen is also used to treat infertility in women with
anovulatory disorders. A dose of 10-40 mg per day is
administered in days 3-7 of a woman's cycle.
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