Novel Basis Identified For Tamoxifen Failure

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:15 in Health & Medicine

Tamoxifen may worsen breast cancer in a small subset of patients. New research suggests that in patients who show reduced or absent expression of the protein E-cadherin, commonly used anti-estrogen drugs such as tamoxifen may promote more harmful cancer cell behavior.

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