How to Use tamoxifen in a Sentence

tamoxifen

noun
  • Part of the treatment is five years of tamoxifen, which can cause birth defects.
    — Julie Ma, The Cut, 26 Oct. 2017
  • For example, tamoxifen is a drug that treats and prevents breast cancer.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 2 June 2023
  • Both groups will be offered tamoxifen or other drugs to reduce the risk of recurrence.
    — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • Most women tolerate tamoxifen well, but there are rare side effects of uterine cancer or blood clots.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Some women also end up taking an anti-cancer drug - such as tamoxifen - for several years.
    — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • Some women also end up taking an anti-cancer drug — such as tamoxifen — for several years.
    — Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2017
  • McCarthy said, and sometimes tamoxifen activates them instead of shutting them down.
    — Danielle Ohl, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • After a moment’s thought, Greenwald told her to do the lumpectomy—and the tamoxifen, which would cut the chance of cancer recurrence in half.
    — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • To keep it that way, doctors put Debra on tamoxifen, a hormonal drug used as a prophylactic against certain types of breast cancer.
    — Longreads, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Women with breast cancer may develop fatty liver disease on tamoxifen treatment.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Some forms of hormone therapy for breast cancer, such as tamoxifen, can run for five to 10 years in order to help prevent a recurrence of breast cancer.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But the study was not able to take into account whether the women used certain medications, such as the estrogen-blocker tamoxifen, to reduce their risk of breast cancer.
    — Rachael Rettner Senior Writer, Fox News, 26 June 2017
  • If a patient is determined to be at high risk for breast cancer, their clinician may give them tamoxifen, a hormone therapy that can prevent or slow cancer development.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 9 May 2023
  • People in menopause sometimes have this type of insomnia, including those taking anti-estrogenic drugs such as Soltamox (tamoxifen).
    — Cathy Wong, Verywell Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Generally, after surgery, such patients receive endocrine therapy, such as tamoxifen, which is designed to block the cancer-spurring effects of hormones.
    — Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • It’s well-documented that endocrine therapies like tamoxifen lead to uterine cancer in less than 1 percent of patients, Mouabbi points out.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • One option is the use of presurgical endocrine therapy (give tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor three to four weeks before going to surgery) to measure endocrine responsiveness).
    — Nathalie McDowell Johnson, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Those with estrogen-receptor-positive cancer, for example, often take tamoxifen after surgery to reduce the risk of recurrence.
    — Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, 3 June 2017
  • All of the women were given standard hormonal therapy -- an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen -- plus a medication that shuts down the ovaries' production of estrogen.
    — Amy Norton, CBS News, 3 June 2019
  • All participants were given standard hormone therapy (an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen) as well as a medication that shuts down the ovaries' production of estrogen.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 4 June 2019
  • Also called hormone therapy and often including tamoxifen, it’s intended to prevent tumor cells from spreading by choking off growth-stimulating hormones.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 3 May 2023
  • Clinical trials have found that tamoxifen can significantly reduce the likelihood of developing breast cancer.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
  • These are tumors that do not carry receptors for estrogen, progesterone, or human epidermal growth factor, typically targeted by such drugs as Herceptin or tamoxifen.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 22 Apr. 2020
  • But because there was previously no way to tell which group a patient fell into, many doctors encouraged all their patients to pursue aggressive treatments including radiation, tamoxifen or even mastectomy — just to be on the safe side.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Hormonal therapies, such as tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, are often used to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancers, and these medications can induce menopause-like symptoms or exacerbate them in women already in menopause.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And a Tufts University study, published earlier this year, showed that soy consumption isn’t problematic for women who currently have breast cancer and doesn’t make cancer treatment drugs like tamoxifen less effective.
    — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2018
  • The remaining seven mutations predispose women to developing a type of breast cancer known as estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer, which doesn't respond to hormonal therapies, such as the drug tamoxifen.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Individuals at especially high risk may be offered prophylactic interventions such as mastectomy or chemoprevention drugs like tamoxifen.
    — Ashleen Knutsen, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2019
  • If the findings are confirmed, the risk score could help doctors tailor recommendations for surveillance intensity and risk-reduction strategies, including medications like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, specifically for those high-risk women, says Roy.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In women with tumors -- especially breast cancer -- that are sensitive to estrogen, these medicines significantly improve response rates compared with other medications, such as the tamoxifen that was often given before AIs were introduced.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022

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