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Re: Active Tamoxifen Metabolite Plasma Concentrations After Coadministration of Tamoxifen and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Paroxetine
Affiliation of authors: Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Correspondence to: Brooke Ratliff, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3841, Durham, NC 27710 (e-mail: ratli006@mc.duke.edu)
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The article by Stearns et al. (1) provides evidence that the tamoxifen metabolite endoxifen (4-hydroxy-N-desmethyltamoxifen) is equipotent with 4-hydroxytamoxifen in inhibiting estradiol-stimulated MCF7 cell proliferation. Further, they show that paroxetine can potentially interfere with metabolism of tamoxifen
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