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Tamoxifen Benefits Continue Long after Treatment Ends

MedPage-- Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer for MedPage Today reported that taking tamoxifen for about 5 years resulted in an annual reduction mortality for 15 years after treatment began. The Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group conducted a pooled study of 20 randomized trails. The meta analysis indicated no significant excess risk of uterine cancer or fatal pulmonary embolism risk with tamoxifen in women under age 55.

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OVERVIEW OF CANCER RISK FACTORS

You can reduce the odds of developing cancer by changing one or more controllable risk factors. A risk factor is anything associated with a higher propensity to develop the disease. It is important to realize, however, that even people with no risk factors can develop a particular cancer.

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