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Jan 14, 2013 | Posted by: roboblogger

Drugs hope for cancer risk women

Full story: Preston Citizen

Nice has launched a draft consultation over whether preventative drugs should be given to women with a history of breast cancer Women with a family history of breast cancer could be offered preventative medication on the NHS under new plans outlined by the health regulator.

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Jan 15, 2013
 
This is an encouraging news,although we still need to take everything with precaution.

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nurseamy12 wrote:
This is an encouraging news,although we still need to take everything with precaution.
Those two drugs are anti-estrogen drugs. Reducing estrogen levels in a woman will cause masculinization. I still am not convinced that estrogen is the culprit in breast cancer in women.

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