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Breast cancer pt 2 – protecting women at the highest risk.

by Dr. Mark Porter | May 21, 2013 | Blog

New figures from Cancer Research UK show that the odds of a British woman developing breast cancer have risen by a fifth over the last twenty years, with around 50,000 new cases likely to be diagnosed this year. But while women today are more likely to develop the...

Preventing breast cancer in high risk women using tamoxifen and related drugs

by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog

New research published in The Lancet – www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60140-3/fulltext – that oestrogen blocking drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene can prevent breast cancers if taken regularly – one breast cancer was...

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