Anti-estrogen Drug Therapy Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer In Older Women
New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers. Women who took the drug raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive, estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer compared with women who did not take the drug.
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Filed under: Breast Cancer on June 11th, 2008