Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer /  December 5, 2012
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Women in his study have not been followed long enough to see whether switching cuts deaths from breast cancer, as 10 years of tamoxifen did. Results are expected in about a year.

The cancer conference is sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, Baylor College of Medicine and the UT Health Science Center.

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