Improvements in tumor targeting, survivorship, and chemoprevention pioneered by tamoxifen a personal perspective

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-562

  Jordan, V Craig ^a,b   Knudson Jr , Alfred G ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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6 HYDROXY 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 3 [4 [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)ETHOXY]BENZOYL]BENZO[B]THIOPHENE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANASTROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ARZOXIFENE; BASEDOXIFENE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLOMIFENE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DANAZOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DROLOXIFENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXEMESTANE; FORMESTANE; FULVESTRANT; GOSERELIN; IDOXIFENE; LASOFOXIFENE; LETROZOLE; N BUTYL 11 (3,17BETA DIHYDROXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 7ALPHA YL) N METHYLUNDECANAMIDE; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAMOXIFEN; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; TOREMIFENE; TRIOXIFENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UBIQUITINATION; BREAST TUMOR; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SURVIVORS; TAMOXIFEN;

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