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Tamoxifen and Raloxifene Hold Up as Breast Cancer Prevention in STAR Trial Update
Tamoxifen and Raloxifene Hold Up as Breast Cancer Prevention in STAR Trial
K Wachter
20100319
2010 Apr 19
Elsevier Global Medical News
Tamoxifen and Raloxifene Hold Up as Breast Cancer Prevention in STAR Trial Update
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Apr 19, K Wachter
WASHINGTON (EGMN) - Tamoxifen and raloxifene offer women at high-risk of developing breast cancer two effective options to prevent the disease, based on 8 years of follow-up data for more than 19,000 women in the STAR trial.While tamoxifen proved significantly more effective in preventing invasive breast cancer, there was no significant difference between the two drugs in preventing noninvasive breast cancer. And raloxifene (Evista) had significantly less toxicity, including endometrial cancer, thromboembolic...