© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 8, 543,
April 17, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Tamoxifen and Estrogen Have Similar Effects on the Brain
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A new study suggests that neither tamoxifen nor estrogen has a negative impact on brain chemistry in elderly women. These findings may quell concerns about the safety of using tamoxifen to reduce breast cancer risk in elderly women, say Thomas Ernst, Ph.D., of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, and coworkers from the Harbor-UCLA Research and