A gel containing the drug tamoxifen and applied to the skin was as effective in reducing the growth of breast cancer cells in women with non-invasive cancer as the pill form of the medication – and it caused fewer side effects, reports [s]The Washington Post[/s].
[link url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/skin-gel-new-ammunition-in-fight-against-breast-cancer/2014/07/14/f764fb4c-0b6f-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html]Full report in The Washington Post[/link]
[link url=http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/20/14/3672.abstract?sid=6f80b255-76c3-4844-bb72-2ab7656ce395]Clinical Cancer Research abstract[/link]