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Estrogen Has Antitumor Activity in Hormone-Therapy Resistant Breast Tumors
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A pair of studies in the November 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggest that low levels of estrogenthe same hormone that promotes breast cancer in its early stagescan shrink breast tumors that have developed resistance to the drugs tamoxifen and raloxifene.
Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) used to treat estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers and