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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Estrogen blocker therapy for breast cancer - Mayo Clinic

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

  9. Letrozole After Tamoxifen in Treating Women With Breast Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying letrozole to see how well it works in treating women with breast cancer who have received tamoxifen for at ...

  10. Z-endoxifen shows promise as new treatment for common breast cancer type - Mayo Clinic News Network

    – Z-endoxifen, a potent derivative of the drug tamoxifen, could itself be a new treatment for the most common form of breast cancer in women with metastatic ...