Hope For Millions Of Women As Scientists Unlock Secrets Of Most Widely-Used Breast Cancer Drug

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the most widely-used breast cancer drug in a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives.

Understanding how tamoxifen works - and why it stops working for some patients - could lead to better treatment of the disease that kills more than 1,000 women a month.

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Comments

[Cartoonist-Illustrator]

Very good news and although it's understood this isn't a guaranteed breast cancer cure, it is yet another step in the right direction. Very good to see.
http://www.breastcancercure.info

[AmandaBC]

So, big pharma are finally admitting that until now they had no idea what this drug was doing inside the body of a woman. Basically they were selling it for a high profit just because in tests the results barely edged out those of placebo-treated patients... Then, of course, all it took was to bribe the FDA into accepting it. Hurray for jungle-law capitalism!!

[springsm]

Oh wow, that is a bitter reply. BC means Breast Cancer, does it? I can say that whether or not they knew/know..it is good to keep trying. My experience with tamoxifin is that one puts on about 50 pounds which is hard to take off after the 5 years. This article doesn't say what the time span was that the cancer returned. That would be a stat that I would like to know. Every piece of progress IS progress. The Phamacoutical companies are suspect all the time...but gosh. And I am truly sorry for your experience.

[AmandaBC]

Nope, not my experience, I don't have breast cancer. BC is where I live.