Amend, Discuss, Correct Tamoxifen is the most commonly prescrived antiestrogenic drug used in hormone therapy to treat breast cancer. In many cases the presence or absence of estrogen and progesterone can alter the growth rate of breast cancers. In these cases the cancer is said to be hormone-dependent. When estrogen comes in contact with the cells carrying these estrogen receptors, the estrogen binds with the receptors in a way that induces growth of these cancer cells.
Tamoxifen can work to block the estrogen receptors that stimulate cancer cell growth.
Amend, Discuss, Correct More than 200 biotech products have now reached the advanced stages of clinical trials. The National Cancer Research Institute found that women who eat meat on a daily basis are almost 4 times more likely to get breast cancer than those women who eat little or no meat. The cancer now claims a life every hour. Amend, Discuss, Correct NASA developed this device to keep human and other cells alive and healthy during space experiments. It is already helping cancer research on Earth by providing a better way to grow and study tumors.