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About tamoxifen
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About tamoxifen
by ning, Jul 09, 2002 12:00AM
It has been confirmed that hormone therapy does more harm than good. Does this apply to tamoxifen? I have just had a hysterectomy at age 76.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Jul 09, 2002 12:00AM
Dear ning: No. The information you are referring to was about the use of estrogen and progesterone in healthy women. In that trial, it appears that use of these hormones increases the risk of developing cancer. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen blocker used to treat estrogen receptor positive cancer. Although, it is called hormone therapy, tamoxifen does not add hormone, it reduces it.
