Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and selective estrogen receptor downregulators (SERDs) are types of antiestrogen therapy for breast cancer. These medicines block estrogen, the ...

Women with breast cancer who take antiestrogen supplements may be decreasing their risk for melanoma, according to a new study.

Proliferation of MCF-7 cells is estrogen dependent and antiestrogen sensitive. In the absence of estrogens or presence of antiestrogens MCF-7 cells arrest in the G 1 phase of the cell cycle, and ...

SOLE shows that after 5 years of adjuvant therapy, intermittent dosing with letrozole was similar to continuous dosing, suggesting that a 'drug holiday' is safe.

The branched-chain amino acid transaminase 1 (BCAT1), which catalyzes the first step in the breakdown of branched-chain amino acids, was among the most upregulated transcripts in antiestrogen ...

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Although antiestrogen therapies targeting estrogen receptor (ER) α signaling prevent disease recurrence in the majority of patients with hormone-dependent breast cancer, a significant fraction of ...

Melanoma risk was 60 percent higher among those not taking antiestrogen therapy. Researcher cautions against widespread antiestrogen supplementation use. Study included 7,360 women with breast cancer.

About 50 percent of women have histologic evidence of some degree of fibrocystic changes in the breast. This review article describes the spectrum of benign breast disorders, including those that i ...

Combined neoadjuvant antiestrogen therapy and anti–HER-2 dendritic cell vaccination increased pathologic complete response rate and decreased subsequent breast events among women with ER ...

Historically, breast cancer treatment is primarily composed of surgery, radiation, and some form of systemic therapy, and whether that can be chemotherapy, antiestrogen therapy, or targeted ...