Tamoxifen, sold under the brand name Nolvadex among others, is a selective estrogen receptor modulator used to prevent breast cancer in women and men...
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situ. Tamoxifen treatment is also used for the treatment of osteoporosis and blood lipids in postmenopausal women. Adverse effects of tamoxifen include...
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Dora Nellie Richardson (1919-1998) was a chemist who first synthesised Tamoxifen in England in 1962. She was born on 1 June 1919 and died in September...
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the treatment and prevention of breast cancer in women. The Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) trial was of localized breast cancer and...
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N-Desmethyltamoxifen (redirect from Nor-tamoxifen)
N-Desmethyltamoxifen (developmental code name ICI-55,548) is a major metabolite of tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). N-Desmethyltamoxifen...
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Letrozole (section Comparison with tamoxifen)
receptor positive or has an unknown receptor status in postmenopausal women. Tamoxifen is also used to treat hormonally-responsive breast cancer, but it does...
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women with breast cancer. Tamoxifen (a SERM) traditionally was the drug treatment of choice, but the ATAC trial (Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination)...
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Antihormone therapy (section Tamoxifen and Toremifene)
Metastatic breast cancer, tamoxifen can be prescribed to selectively block estrogen's effect on certain cells. SERMs like tamoxifen attach to receptors on...
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effective than tamoxifen or raloxifene. Tamoxifen may be used to treat gynecomastia in adults and of the medical treatments used, tamoxifen is the most effective...
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treatment of some cases of gynecomastia but it is not as effective as tamoxifen or raloxifene for this indication. It has shown variable results for gynecomastia...
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Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) is a clinical trial from the early 2000s designed determine how the drug raloxifene compares with the drug tamoxifen in...
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positive early breast cancer who have received two to three years of tamoxifen and are switched to it for completion of a total of five consecutive years...
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idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis, medications such as corticosteroids, tamoxifen and thalidomide have been used. The epidemiology of Idiopathic sclerosing...
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active metabolite of tamoxifen and has been found to be effective in patients that have failed previous hormonal therapies (tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors...
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Antiestrogen withdrawal response (redirect from Tamoxifen withdrawal response)
documented rarely with the selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) tamoxifen and raloxifene. The phenomenon indicates that these agents can somehow...
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obesity, high blood pressure and a history of cervical polyps. Taking tamoxifen or hormone replacement therapy can also increase the risk of uterine polyps...
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recombinase, resulting in Cre becoming specifically activated by tamoxifen. In the absence of tamoxifen, CreER will result in the shuttling of the mutated recombinase...
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120 mg/m2/day. In the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) trial, 60 mg/day raloxifene was 78% as effective as 20 mg/day tamoxifen in preventing non-invasive...
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Further, these knockouts can be made inducible. In several mouse studies, tamoxifen is used to induce the expression of Cre recombinase. In this case, Cre...
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Antiestrogens include selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) like tamoxifen, clomifene, and raloxifene, the ER silent antagonist and selective estrogen...
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Ovulation induction (section Tamoxifen)
Medications in use for this effect are mainly clomifene citrate and tamoxifen (both being selective estrogen-receptor modulators), as well as letrozole...
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surgery. Tamoxifen has been proposed as part of a treatment plan. Treatment is directed to surgical relief of compressive symptoms. Tamoxifen may also...
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N,N-Desmethyltamoxifen is a metabolite of tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). It is formed from N-desmethyltamoxifen and is an...
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AFPep (section Combination therapy with tamoxifen)
toxicities of tamoxifen. Tamoxifen has been a very effective drug for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. But tamoxifen has certain...
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recombinase, resulting in Cre becoming specifically activated by tamoxifen. In the absence of tamoxifen, CreER will result in the shuttling of the mutated recombinase...
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reaction is a key step in the (non-stereoselective) industrial production of Tamoxifen (currently used for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive breast...
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Introduction of laser therapy in treatment of cancer 1960 – Invention of tamoxifen breast cancer anti-estrogen (SERM) hormonal therapy drug 1961 – Vincristine...
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pregnenolone acetate, minaxolone, ORG-20599) Nitrous oxide Penicillin G Propofol Tamoxifen Tetrahydrocannabinol Triclofos Tropeines (e.g., atropine, bemesetron,...
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taking pills that contain estrogen without progesterone, a history of tamoxifen use, late menopause, and a family history of the condition. Risk factors...
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metastatic breast carcinoma the first line of therapy is often tamoxifen or another anti-estrogen drug unless there are liver metastases, significant...
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