which women might benefit from using tamoxifen to PREVENT breast cancer

September 2002

New gov't recommendations help identify which women might benefit from using tamoxifen to PREVENT breast cancer.

We know that tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women. It prevents 20 cases of invasive breast cancer for every 1000 women who take tamoxifen for 5 years.

But tamoxifen also causes serious adverse effects...blood clots, stroke, endometrial cancer, and cataracts.

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