Why do females fear breast cancer more than any other disease? Because each year thousands of women develop breast cancer in our society and as scary as it sounds the percentage of breast cancer continues to rise. This type of cancer is very common in our society. Nevertheless, with the help of medical technologies, breast cancer is now 90% curable when diagnosed early. We do not know what causes breast cancer, although we do know that certain risk factors may put you at higher risk of developing it. A person’s age, factors of genetic, personal health history and diet all [...]

Molecular biology of cancer sign and the ER-axis may also explain another puzzling clinical observation. During the first fifteen years of tamoxifen use, most clinicians assumed that long-term administration should be more effective than shorter courses. Indeed, prospective randomized trials and a worldwide overview of clinical results in cancer treatment centers have demonstrated that while 1 year of adjuvant tamoxifen improves disease-free and overall survival, 2 years and 5 years provide even more benefit. However, in two prospective trials in which women who reached 5 years on adjuvant tamoxifen were randomly assigned to ongoing maintenance versus discontinuation of the drug, [...]