Raloxifene Reduces Risk Of Invasive Estrogen-Receptor Positive Breast Cancer, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Study

EurekAlert -- Women who took raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer compared with women who did not, according to data from a randomized controlled trial published online June 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The drug did not reduce the risk of non-invasive cancer or invasive ER-negative cancers.

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