Effective Drug Prevention for Breast Cancer

Category: Health Concerns | April 22, 2010 | Comments: 0 Comments

Healthy News – Although not without breast cancer, is guaranteed, but welcomes the presence of cancer suppressive drugs, especially for women with high-risk group of patients. A new study shows two drugs are effective, always balanced by the reduction of obesity.

Tamoxifen has long been the standard hormonal therapy, at present, to be effective and permanent. Nevertheless, the latter drug, raloxifene, is considered safer. “There is no winner, both are good options with different benefits and risks,” Dr. Scott Lippman, experts say cancer at the University of Texas, USA.

Lipman has recently published a study of the effectiveness of two types of therapy for breast cancer prevention drug. Results of a U.S. Government funded research in this meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, United States public.

Tamoxifen is widely used for cancer patients, diagnosed after treatment, whereas raloxifene has been used to treat osteoporosis. detailed study of the two drugs have shown beneficial for the prevention of cancer. Doctors hope that the results of this study, more women with high risk of cancer support began taking the medication.

Cancer experts do not recommend this drug to women with average risk. They suggested that family is one of the factors or genetic mutations. In this group, these drugs are significant results.

Tamoxifen reduces the risk of cancer twice, but studies also show that greater use of these drugs, the risk of uterine cancer. In contrast, raloxifene only 38 percent lower risk of cancer, but has fewer side effects.

Benefits and side effects of these two types of drugs studied 20,000 postmenopausal women at high risk of developing breast cancer. Taking the drug for five years. As seven years later, he found 310 cases of breast cancer in the raloxifene group and 247 in the tamoxifen group.

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