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Old 10-04-2010, 02:00 AM
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Default The puzzle of why more women don't take preventive drugs for breast cancer



For women at higher risk of developing breast cancer, two well-established drugs, tamoxifen and raloxifene, can do what statins do for heart attacks and strokes: drive down the odds. But these two drugs are virtually invisible on the U.S. pharmaceutical landscape. The millions of Americans who take a pill each day to drive down their cholesterol or blood pressure do not generally think of ...
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