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First do no harm: extending the debate on the provision of preventive tamoxifen

The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT-P-1) demonstrated that tamoxifen could reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in high-risk women by 49%, but that it could also increase the risk of endometrial cancer, vascular events and cataracts. This paper provides an estimate of the net health impact...

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Autores principales: Will, B P, Nobrega, K M, Berthelot, J-M, Flanagan, W, Wolfson, M C, Logan, D M, Evans, W K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11720461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.2125