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Re: Active Tamoxifen Metabolite Plasma Concentrations After Coadministration of Tamoxifen and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Paroxetine
Affiliation of authors: Academic Department of Gynecological Oncology, Mauriziano Umberto I° Hospital and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment of Candiolo, Turin, Italy
Correspondence to: Riccardo Ponzone, MD, PhD, Mauriziano Umberto I° Hospital, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Turin, Italy (e-mail: rponzone@mauriziano.it)
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Stearns et al. (1) provide convincing evidence on the influence of paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), in the metabolic pathway of tamoxifen when administered to patients with breast cancer. In particular, they found that paroxetine decreased the plasma concentration of a metabolite they
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