Anti-estrogen Drug Therapy Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer In Older Women
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 22:42
in Health & Medicine
New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers. Women who took the drug raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive, estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer compared with women who did not take the drug.