Tamoxifen (drug)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among women who have been treated for breast cancer, heavier women are more likely to have their disease come back and more likely to die of cancer, according to a new study. That could be because certain hormones that are...

It's not enough that we simply have to worry about the fat that's increasingly growing around our bellies. Americans should also be concerned about the fat that they can't see: the stuff that's filling up their livers, more commonly known as Nonalcoholic...

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More than 2.5 million Americans are breast cancer survivors. Meghan Malley wants her name on that list. She's networking, rallying and blogging publicly about her disease to bring attention to the times when breast cancer isn't a lump. For 5 percent...

My Mother's Story During the last five years of my mother's life, she fought a mean, possibly mutant, 20-year-old breast cancer. She had just gotten off the drug tamoxifen when this new cancer appeared. She had gained 10 pounds while on tamoxifen to...

  Gracene Petersen, 88, of Aberdeen had a mastectomy March 3, 1998.   She took Tamoxifen for five years and has taken Femara since then. Though she's a survivor of breast and colon cancer (in 1996), she said she never had chemotherapy. When asked why she...

 “I hate to tell you this, but your mammogram has a suspicious area.” Those words from my physician were the beginning of a road no one wishes to travel. He advised me to see a surgeon, so I took my film to Aberdeen.  “I am 95 percent...

Cheryl Corbin's mother and grandmother had breast cancer, so an oncologist suggested she be tested for an inherited gene mutation linked to the disease. But when the results came in, she didn't show up to hear them. "I was afraid to hear the words,"...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women taking the breast cancer drug tamoxifen may have an increased risk of developing diabetes, a new study suggests. The findings, reported in the journal Cancer, do not prove that tamoxifen directly leads to...

Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medicine that uses needles for treatment, is increasingly being used with cancer patients. Dr. Ting Bao, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and faculty at Maryland's Marlene and...

At one time, soy seemed to be just the ticket for women: heart-healthy, good for bones and helpful for hot flashes. And then there was the low rate of breast cancer in soy-consuming countries. But as so often with "miracle foods," closer study has...

CHICAGO (KTLA) -- Doctors and patients have a new tool to prevent breast cancer: A drug that is already approved for the treatment of the disease. Women who are at high risk for breast cancer that is fueled by the hormone estrogen could reduce their risk...