© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 19, 1599,
October 6, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
IN THIS ISSUE |
Tamoxifen is used both to treat breast cancer and to reduce breast cancer incidence among
high-risk women. Tamoxifen has estrogen-like effects in the uterus and is associated with
increased risk of endometrial cancer. Bernstein et al. (p. 1654) examined
whether other known risk factors for endometrial cancer would alter the tamoxifen-endometrial
cancer relationship. They found that tamoxifen-associated risk increases with prior use of estrogen
replacement therapy. Women who are both obese and have a history of estrogen replacement
therapy have an even more pronounced
Screening in the Elderly
Lung Resistance-Related Protein and Multidrug Resistance
Prostate-Specific Antigen and Proliferation of Prostatic Stromal Cells
Mutations and Cervical Cancer
Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors