Day: December 6, 2012

There is controversy over the ideal duration of anti-hormone therapy for women with breast cancer. In women with hormone responsive breast cancer, we treat them after that initial therapy, with ‘anti-hormone medications’ such as Tamoxifen (in the older days) or Arimidex (newer version).  These ‘anti hormones’ are in two categories: Tamoxifen (SERM’s….Selective Estrogen Receptro Modulators) …

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Aspirin may be among the topics most discussed in these pages and today there is another study on aspirin, this time looking at coated aspirin and perhaps it’s reduced effectiveness compared to plain aspirin. I think most people use coated aspirin now as it is the type most advertised, and it does provide some benefit …

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