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BCPT

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BCPTBreast Cancer Prevention Trial
BCPTBest Conventional Pollutant Technology
BCPTBerkeley Continuity Planning Tool
BCPTBoston Crossword Puzzle Tournament (Massachusetts)
BCPTBlack-Crowned Palm-Tanager (bird species)
BCPTBeta-Cyclodextrin Piroxicam-Tramadol


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The BCPT study, however, also showed that tamoxifen increased the women's chance of developing four potentially life-threatening health problems: endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of the uterus), deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in large veins), pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung), and possibly stroke.
Now, NCI and NSABP are embarking on a second prevention trial (STAR - Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene) testing raloxifene, a drug used to treat osteoporosis, against the proven safety and efficacy of Nolvadex in the reduction of breast cancer incidence as shown in the BCPT.
Today's recommendation by ODAC is another step in FDA's review of the pivotal BCPT data.
 
 
 
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