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New Gel Breast Cancer Treatment has lower side effects Risk

Posted By simpleguy15 on Aug 08, 2011   FROM: dailymail.co.uk report abuse

Now, your whole body does not has to suffer more as revolutionize treatment in form of breast cancer gel is being developed to shrink tumors with a less unlikable side-effects. Usually, Tamoxifen tablets are prescribed to the breast cancer diagnosed women in order to shrink the tumors earlier to surgery and to help in lesser the risk of the cancer returning. Although Tamoxifen is commonly used drug in Britain, it can cause unpleasant side-effects like nausea, weight gain and hot flushes.

New Gel Breast Cancer Treatment has lower side effects Risk

Sometimes, Tamoxifen has also been linked to blood clots that can responsible for womb cancer and strokes. This medicine also blocks the receptors inside the breast which accept the hormone oestrogen and this condition may result in other disease. Tamoxifen tends to circulated around the whole body before it reaches to the breast tissue. While Afimoxifene - a breast gel therapy is applied directly to the skin over the tumor so that it get soaked into the affected cells. The gel contains the same active ingredient of tamoxifen. Thus, rubbing the gel on the skin can concentrate in the tumor only and give us the same result without causing any unexpected damage to the whole body.

By this gel therapy, women had upto nine times less potentially toxic medicine in their bloodstream; so women can consume it for long term and can boost up chances of their survival. Recently, many researchers who have tested the gel recommend the Afimoxifene gel therapy as much better treatment in place of tamoxifen drug to cure breast cancer.

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