In contrast with popular opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for you, women who drink are far more at risk from breast cancer than those who do not touch a drop of alcohol. ...
Now that HRT has been largely discredited, millions of women embarking on the menopause are on the lookout for natural alternatives. One of the favourites is so-called ‘natural’ progesterone,
Breast cancer tumours can spread during surgery, doctors have discovered. ...
New evidence from the Netherlands shows that long term tamoxifen use increases the risk of endometrial cancers with a poor prognosis. ...
A large scale study of all former trials of breast cancer risks with hormone replacement therapy shows a definite link between a risk of cancer and length of use. At the same time two cautionary ...
If at first tamoxifen doesn't succeed, try, try Megace. That seems to be the policy of many oncologists when they're treating breast cancer. ...
New evidence from two studies show that women who take tamoxifen to prevent or treat breast cancer are at greater risk of endometrial abnormalities, including cancer. ...
Many of the side effects of tamoxifen may be worth risking if you have cancer. However the risk/benefit equation changes considerably if you are healthy and offered the drug as a just in case mea ...
Depo-Provera, the long-lasting contraceptive that can be injected, doubles the risk of breast cancer among women who have taken it for less than five years. It seems to be at its most dangerous in ...
There is growing evidence that those proposing to prescribe the drug tamoxifen as a preventative measure to women supposedly at high risk of breast cancer are simply trading one form of the diseas ...
