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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Tamoxifen has been implicated as a risk factor for venous thrombosis in advanced breast cancer although the evidence for increased arterial or venous thrombosis with tamoxifen in early breast cancer is less clear. The effect of tamoxifen on haemostasis, and thereby possible thromboembolic risk, was investigated in normal women enrolled in a placebo controlled trial of tamoxifen as a chemopreventative agent for breast cancer. There was an initial reduction in fibrinogen levels in all women on tamoxifen over the first year of follow-up and a marginal reduction in antithrombin III and Protein S in postmenopausal women at 6 months. There were no changes in cross linked fibrinogen degradation products or Protein C for pre or post-menopausal women. There was no increase in the incidence of thromboembolic events on tamoxifen. This study demonstrates that tamoxifen has only marginal effects on factors involved in haemostasis reported to affect the incidence of arterial or venous thromboembolic disease. The follow-up time is relatively short (maximum 36 months) and careful long term follow-up is necessary to detect clinically significant morbidity.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
744-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Haemostatic changes and thromboembolic risk during tamoxifen therapy in normal women.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial