By Arash Naeim MD PhD, David Reuben MD, Patricia Ganz
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Yancik R, Ershler W, Satariano W, et al: Report of the National Institute on Aging task force on comorbidity, J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:275–280, 2007. CHAPTER 2 Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Patient Jennifer M. Croswell and Barnett S. Kramer C A S E 2 - 1 CASE DESCRIPTION A husband and wife, aged 76 and 77, respectively, are new patients to a medical practice. The wife mentions that along with having seen multiple direct-to-consumer promotions emphasizing the importance of “healthy living” and the role of early detection in cancer, they recently watched a close friend die of prostate cancer.
Because of these observations, raloxifene was directly compared with tamoxifen in the previously mentioned STAR trial. The effects of raloxifene on the risk of invasive cancers observed in the STAR trial were similar to tamoxifen and restricted to ER-positive tumors. However, unlike tamoxifen, raloxifene appeared to have little or no preventive effect on noninvasive tumors. The toxicity profiles between the two drugs differ in important ways. Raloxifene has a lower incidence of thromboembolic events and tends toward fewer endometrial cancers in women with uteri.
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