Hot flashes distressing for breast cancer patients
1st Nov 2005, 17:43 GMT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hot flashes (or flushes as they're more commonly called in some parts of the world) remain an important and seriously under-played side effect of tamoxifen and other hormone treatments for breast cancer, leading some women to skip their medication, according to a UK survey of 200 women with breast cancer.
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