Daily Archives: December 9, 2008

Discovering Key to Tamoxifen’s Effectiveness in Treating Breast Cancer May Lead to New Treatments

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a chemical known as endoxifen appears to be the primary metabolite responsible for the effectiveness of tamoxifen in treating breast cancer, and that it works against cancer in an entirely unexpected way.
Their study, presented at the 31st annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, finds that, in contrast to the [...]