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First IBIS results show tamoxifen reduces breast cancer in healthy high-risk women

First results from the long-awaited IBIS trial into the use of tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer in healthy women at high risk have firmly established that the drug can indeed cut the incidence of the disease.... ...These preliminary results were presented at the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona on Wednesday together with an overview of the four breast cancer prevention trial...

American Heart Association Comment: Results Of Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study II (CIBIS-II)

.People with mild to moderate heart failure who were treated with beta-blockers.were more likely to survive than individuals who did not receive the drugs,.according to a study, CIBIS-II, published in the Jan. 2 issue of Lancet.. .Harlan Krumholz, M.D., an American Heart Association spokesperson, who wrote an.editorial that accompanied the study, says, "The CIBIS-II trial is an important.turning...