Tamoxifen improves survival in male breast cancer patients, finds study
Written By : Medha Baranwal
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-07-28 15:15 GMT | Update On 2020-07-29 11:35 GMT
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Germany: Tamoxifen treatment improves disease-free survival (DFS) in male breast cancer (MBC) patients, suggests a recent study in the British Journal of Cancer.
About 1% of all breast cancer occurs in males. The current treatment of male breast cancer (MBC) is based on information obtained by extrapolation from studies on female patients due to the lack of prospective data.
Tamoxifen is known to reduce breast cancer mortality and recurrence risk in early-stage hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer. Holm Eggemann, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, and colleagues retrospectively examined the survival effect of tamoxifen in MBC patients.
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