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"Within the next 2 years, it will be routine to prevent breast cancer in the postmenopausal population," predicted V. Craig Jordan, Ph.D., of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago.
Not long ago Jordan's statement -- made in New Orleans, at the American Association for Cancer Research in late March -- may have seemed a bit far-fetched. But the recent early release of the results from the tamoxifen prevention trial (see next page) makes Jordan's prediction more credible. Anti-Estrogens Come of Age: A Pioneer Looks Back