Fashion faux pas creates cancer-teaching tool Oct 30, 2009
Chemotherapy followed and, four years later, Hayward still takes an Arimidex pill once a day to attack any nascent cancer cells. Following her diagnosis, Hayward was meeting with another friend who had also been diagnosed with breast cancer for lunch at the Black Cow in Hamilton within three weeks two other of Hayward s friends were also diagnosed with breast cancer. (Malden Observer, MA)
Your views: A feverish debate Oct 12, 2009
I have been paying for the cancer drug, Arimidex, as a treatment for my breast cancer. I have not been on the drug for one full year and the price has gone from $150 for a three-month supply to $165. (Florida Today)
Strategies For Reducing Painful Breast Cancer Drug Side Effects Sep 30, 2009
Patients in the new study were taking aromatase inhibitors including Arimidex, Femara or Aromasin. Of the 300 patients enrolled in the study, 139 reported AI-related pain, with 75 percent of those reporting symptoms that began within the first three months of the therapy. (Science Daily)
Fighting cancer with good deals Aug 19, 2009
Shes now on Arimidex, a hormonal medicine shell have to keep taking for the next five years in order to be declared cancer-free. After the hell we went through, we were trying to figure out how to help other people, says Lauries husband, Brian. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Q&A: Alzheimer's expert Doraiswamy answers readers Aug 2, 2009
The doctor did suggest Arimidex, but I am not so sure about that ... Arimidex is a hormone and is not generally used to treat memory problems. (USA Today -- News)
Too Many Drugs Afflict Ipsen, Bucking Trend Infecting Sanofi and Pfizer Jul 6, 2009
Ipsen began selling a rival to s Botox in the U.S. last month through Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. and has 23 compounds in development, including a breast cancer drug that may compete with Novartis AGs Femara and AstraZeneca Plcs Arimidex and a diabetes treatment with Roche Holding AG. ... A cancer-fighting compound known as BN 83495, which works by blocking the production of estrogen that fuels tumor growth, could challenge sales of Novartiss Femara and AstraZenecas Arimidex,... (Bloomberg)
A survivor's story Jun 26, 2009
I chose not to have chemotherapy or radiation, but I do take Arimidex daily. The chance of my breast cancer recurring was not much different with or without the chemo and I will take the daily medicine for 5 years. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Sixty percent of cancer patients try nontraditional med Jun 6, 2009
Breast cancer patients on tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors like Femara or Arimidex should not use red clover, dong quai or licorice because of estrogen-stimulating components, say guidelines from the Society for Integrative Oncology. In June, the FDA sent 25 warning letters to sellers of teas, pills and other products sold on the Internet that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Keeping it positive Jun 4, 2009
Since the tumor was hormone fed, Williams said she is now taking Arimidex to block estrogen and keep the tumor from growing ... She completed her last radiation treatment Jan. 22, but will continue on the Arimidex for an undetermined time period. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
DC Councilwoman Mary Cheh's Battle With Breast Cancer Apr 9, 2009
A second procedure found no cancer in the lymp nodes, so Cheh chose weeks of radiation and & the drug Arimidex for the next 5-years to treat the disease. "Given how I behaved and how others could behave that way after this occurred I committed myself to do something to help get the word out," said Councilmember Cheh. (W-USA News, DC)
Novartis Bone Drug Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer Return After Tumor Surgery Feb 12, 2009
All patients were given treatment to suppress their ovary function, and received the generic drug tamoxifen or AstraZeneca Plcs Arimidex, with or without Zometa. They were treated for three years and observed for one more year. (Bloomberg -- US)
