Look up: tamoxifen

1. Tamoxifen
   Highly active anti-oestrogen drug effective for breast cancer.
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2. Tamoxifen
   (Nolvadex, Tamofen) Hormone treatment for breast cancer. Stops breast cancer cells from picking up Oestrogen. Oestrogen can encourage breast cancer to grow.
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3. Tamoxifen
   Most women treated for breast cancer take tamoxifen to prevent the cancer from recurring, but it seems that for the drug to be most effective, timing is key. Until last year, most women with early-stage, estrogen-sensitive breast cancer had surgery followed by chemotherapy and tamoxifen. Tamoxifen b...
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4. tamoxifen
   Synthetic anti-oestrogen used in chemotherapy of breast carcinoma. Probably has other effects, including inhibition of chloride channel conductance.
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5. tamoxifen
   <drug> An antioestrogen drug that may be given to women with oestrogen receptive tumours to block oestrogen from entering the breast tissues. May produce menopause-like symptoms, including hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Currently being used with high risk women in clinical trials to prevent ...
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6. tamoxifen
   (tә-mok´sĭ-fәn) a nonsteroidal oral antiestrogen used as the citrate salt in the treatment and prophylaxis of breast cancer.
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7. tamoxifen
   (from the article `breast cancer`) Breast cancer can also be treated through biological therapy, in which chemical inhibitors are used to block the hormones that stimulate growth of ... ...hormones with an antagonizing hormone, the growth of that tissue is inhibited, as is the cancer growing in the area. For example, estrogens are ... ...
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8. tamoxifen
   tamoxifen (tumok'sifen") , synthetic hormone used in the treatment of breast cancer. Introduced in 1978, tamoxifen is used to prevent recurrences of cancer in women who have already undergone surgery to remove their tumors. In 1998, a large study of healthy women at high risk for breast canc...
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9. tamoxifen
   A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in women and men. It is also used to prevent breast cancer in women who have had ductal carcinoma in situ (abnormal cells in the ducts of the breast) and in women who are at a high risk of developing breast cancer. Tamoxifen is also being studied i...
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10. Tamoxifen
    `Tamoxifen` is an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue via its active metabolite, hydroxytamoxifen. In other tissues such as the endometrium, it behaves as an agonist, hence tamoxifen may be characterized as a mixed agonist/antagonist. It has been the standard endocrine (anti-estroge...
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