Reducing the side effects of treatment for prostate cancer

Posted August 28th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

New research reassessing clinical data from trials, which investigate ways of treating side effects of therapy for prostate cancer, finds that tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen used to treat breast cancer, is also able to suppress gynecomastia and breast pain in men. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful.

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