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The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
    Posted: 11/09/2001    Updated: 12/11/2008
Related Pages
Search for Clinical Trials 1
NCI's PDQ® registry of cancer clinical trials.

Breast Cancer Home Page 2
NCI's gateway for information about breast cancer.
Links to NCI Materials

Final Results from the NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Reported 3
(Posted: 11/15/2005) - Researchers from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project who conducted the landmark Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, report a seven-year and final update of the trial results. In this final report, reductions in breast cancer incidence among participants taking tamoxifen were found to be very similar compared to those reported in 1998 when initial findings were released.

No Link Between Tamoxifen and Depression 4
(Posted: 11/09/2001, Reviewed: 11/14/2005) - Treatment with tamoxifen does not increase the risk of depression, according to the November 6, 2001, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Breast Cancer Prevention Studies 5
(Reviewed: 07/23/2008) - A fact sheet about three clinical trials studying methods of preventing breast cancer. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 4.18


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
3http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/BCPTfollowup
4http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/tamoxifen-and-depression1101
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Prevention/breast-cancer