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New Drug May Extend Breast Cancer Treatment after Tamoxifen Pomegrantes to the Rescue? Isn't it wonderful? Women who have had the required 5-year regimen of Tamoxifen will be able to take a new drug to extend their protection. One question is--how does the new drug work and another is--what are the side effects? Newspaper reports say that the drug is an "aromatase inhibitor." Fine. Now read this--Aromatase is the enzyme that aids in the body's synthesis of estrogen. So, estrogen being potentially carcinogenic, reducing women's estrogen production should be helpful. "The ability to effect a blockage of endogenous 'within the body] active estrogen ...synthesis was shown by polyphenols from fermented and 'unfermented] pomegranate juice...and oil, which inhibited aromatase activity by 60-80%..." Emphasis added. By Kim, Mehta, Yu, Neeman, Rabi, Poirier, Kaplan, Lansky, et al., Dept. of Pharmacy, Pusan Nat. U., Korea. In Breast Cancer Res. Treat. vol. 27, 2002. SEARCH BY SUBJECT - TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S HEALTH BULLETIN NEWS
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