| These treatments may involve drugs such as tamoxifen, which are meant to prevent the cancer from growing again. |
| As this history is often incomplete, our measured population of all patients on tamoxifen is grossly underestimated. |
| Can you use tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor to prevent breast cancer in the first place? |
| In rat liver, it has been shown that tamoxifen forms covalent DNA adducts, implying a genotoxic mechanism for its carcinogenicity in this tissue. |
| Current treatment commonly centres on tamoxifen, another drug which shrinks tumours. |
| As with all medicines, tamoxifen has side effects that may affect some women and not others. |
