Tamoxifen is a non-steroidal antiestrogen used to treat estrogen receptor positive breast cancers as well as prevent the incidence of breast cancer in high risk populations. Tamoxifen is used alone or as an adjuvant in these treatments. Tamoxifen may no longer be the preferred treatment for these types of cancers as patients generally have better survival, side effect profiles, and compliance with anastrozole.
Tamoxifen was granted FDA approval on 30 December 1977.
Tamoxifen is indicated to treat estrogen receptor positive metastatic breast cancer in adults, as an adjuvant in the treatment of early stage estrogen receptor positive breast cancer in adults, to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer after surgery and radiation in adult women with ductal carcinoma in situ.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy
University of Tuebingen; Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Tuebingen, Tuebingen, BW, Germany
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Visby Hospital, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
Gävle Hospital, Gävle, Sweden
Kalmar Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
University of Arizona Cancer Center - Prevention Research Clinic, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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