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1. Breast cancer chemoprevention: Drugs that reduce risk - Mayo Clinic

   Tamoxifen blocks the effects of estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone that plays a role in the growth and development of most breast cancers. Tamoxifen is a ...

2. Ability to Metabolize Tamoxifen Affects Breast Cancer Outcomes, Mayo Clinic-Led Study Confirms

   — For nearly a decade, breast cancer researchers studying the hormone therapy tamoxifen have been divided as to whether genetic differences in a liver enzyme ...

3. Testing Low Dose Tamoxifen For Invasive Breast Cancer, The (LoTam) Trial - Mayo Clinic

   Tamoxifen is in a class of medications known as antiestrogens. It blocks the activity of estrogen (a female hormone) in the breast. This may stop the growth ...

4. Hormone therapy for breast cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Tamoxifen is usually taken daily in pill form. It's often used to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence after treatment for early-stage breast cancer. In this ...

5. Suppression Of Ovarian Function With Either Tamoxifen Or Exemestane Compared With Tamoxifen Alone In Treating Premenopausal Women With Hormone-Responsive Breast Cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Suppression Of Ovarian Function With Either Tamoxifen Or Exemestane Compared With Tamoxifen Alone In Treating Premenopausal Women With Hormone-Responsive Breast ...

6. Estrogen blocker therapy for breast cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Tamoxifen also may be used to treat advanced cancer. In women, tamoxifen is an option for those who have been through menopause and those who haven't. In men, ...

7. Tamoxifen Citrate, Letrozole, Anastrozole, or Exemestane with or without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients with Invasive RxPONDER Breast Cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Hormone therapy, using tamoxifen citrate, may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Aromatase inhibitors, such as anastrozole, ...

8. Mayo Clinic: Genotyping Errors Plague CYP2D6 Testing for Tamoxifen Therapy

   Tamoxifen breast cancer drug, chemical structure. Atoms are represented as spheres with conventional color. Cancer. Mayo Clinic: Genotyping Errors Plague ...

9. Testing an Active Form of Tamoxifen (4-hydroxytamoxifen) Delivered Through the Breast Skin to Control Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) of the Breast - Mayo Clinic

   Hormone therapy using tamoxifen citrate or afimoxifene may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Participation eligibility.

10. How Breast Cancer Patients Metabolize Tamoxifen Affects Outcomes - Mayo Clinic News Network

    A new study confirms that a patient's ability to metabolize the breast cancer drug tamoxifen affects the outcome of her treatment. Researchers at the Mayo ...