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Experts Urge More Use of Evista and Other Drugs to Prevent Breast Cancer
Experts Urge More Use of Evista and Other Drugs to Prevent Breast Cancer
E Hayes
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20100326
2010 Apr 26
The Pink Sheet Daily
Experts Urge More Use of Evista and Other Drugs to Prevent Breast Cancer
The Pink Sheet Daily. 2010 Apr 26, E Hayes
EXPERT COMMENTARY
Movement toward a paradigm shift in breast cancer from reactive treatment to prevention could gain support from the long-term results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) trial. Based on the updated results of the STAR trial, presented at the American Association for Cancer Research, AACR President-elect Judy Garber and other experts at a press briefing argued that there should be wider use of medications to prevent breast cancer, just as drugs are commonly used to ward off other major...