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Tamoxifen, cytochrome P450 genes and breast cancer clinical outcomes.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Apr 2011
Singh Madhu S, Francis Prudence A, Michael Michael
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Tamoxifen has a key role in the management of women with hormone receptor (HR) positive breast cancer. It is the endocrine treatment of choice in premenopausal women with HR positive breast cancer and is also clinically indicated in significant numbers of post-menopausal women who have relative contraindications to aromatase inhibitors. Tamoxifen is a pro-drug that is metabolised to its active metabolites by the...
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