Nonhormonal management of hot flashes for women on risk reduction therapy

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1171-1179

  Sideras, Kostandinos ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CYP2D6; Hot flashes; Pharmacogenomics; Raloxifene; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMFEBUTAMONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BELLERGAL; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DESVENLAFAXINE; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; ISOFLAVONE; LIGNAN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; METHYLDOPA; PAROXETINE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PREGABALIN; PRIMROSE OIL; PROGESTERONE; RALOXIFENE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VERALIPRIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANGELICA SINENSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG METABOLISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FATIGUE; GINSENG; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; LINSEED; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENOPAUSE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OVARIECTOMY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA; YAM; YOGA;

EID: 78951489381     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0086     Document Type: Review

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