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Article: Hot flashes may indicate response to tamoxifen.(Women's Health)(Clinical report)
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- Family Practice News
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- September 1, 2007
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CHICAGO -- Hot flashes may be an indicator of the efficacy of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy in women who have completed breast cancer treatment, a new study suggests.
Data from a large prospective trial of breast cancer survivors on tamoxifen therapy show that women who experienced hot flashes had fewer breast cancer events than those who did not report hot flashes, according to Dr. Joanne E. Mortimer and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego's Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla.
"Our data suggest a relationship between side effects and efficacy of adjuvant tamoxifen," Dr. Mortimer said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical ...