Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug that is a selective estrogen receptor modulator, C26H29NOS, used in the form of its citrate primarily to treat breast cancer in women whose tumors are estrogen-dependent and to prevent breast cancer in high-risk women.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a chemical compound (C26H29NO) which is non-steroidal but physiogically active as an estrogen antagonist. It is used to treat postmenopausal breast cancer. Chemically it is 1-p-dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl-trans-1,2-diphenyl-but-1-ene. It can be obtained as a white crystalline powder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of advancedbreast cancer
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The researchers showed that long-term tamoxifen use increases risk of an drug tamoxifen is a tried-and-true way to lower the chances of developing the most common type of recurrence among breast cancer survivors, but new research suggests it ... drug tamoxifen to reduce the risk of developing a second breast cancer.
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In addition to Lupron, I take a daily pill called tamoxifen that is 100% harmful to a fetus.
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She is also discussing with her doctor the possibility of taking a medication called tamoxifen, which has been shown to cut the chances of breast cancer in women with ADH.
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Then they put you on a drug called tamoxifen, which basically puts you into early menopause.
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Then they put you on a drug called tamoxifen, which basically puts you into early menopause.
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Then they put you on a drug called tamoxifen, which basically puts you into early menopause.
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In the 1970s researchers discovered that the actions of estrogen and other hormones can be blocked chemically by drugs called hormone antagonists, of which the most noteworthy is tamoxifen, which is sold under the trade name Nolvadex.
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In the 1970s researchers discovered that the actions of estrogen and other hormones can be blocked chemically by drugs called hormone antagonists, of which the most noteworthy is tamoxifen, which is sold under the trade name Nolvadex.
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Researchers have found that the anti-depressant Seroxat can interfere with tamoxifen, which is prescribed to thousands of breast cancer survivors for five years at a time.
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But about half of these cancers do not initially respond to tamoxifen, which is designed to block the hormone from binding to the cell's protein receptor, and many patients that do respond are at risk for developing resistance and cancer relapse.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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