Anastrozole is a widely used aromatase inhibitor for postmenopausal ... of drug distribution via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), enabling better tracking of treatment progress. The findings suggest ...

Adjunct treatment with anastrozole in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) delays the rate of bone maturation and increases the predicted adult height over 6 years, with no ...

What’s the percentage of breast cancer recurrence during Arimidex treatment? Arimidex has been shown to increase breast cancer survival rates. Your type of breast cancer and how advanced it is ...

Anastrozole suppresses the activity of an ... developed breast cancer was matched with two controls within the same treatment group, of the same age, and with the same period of follow-up, but ...

Share on Pinterest Anastrozole can reduce breast cancer risk after menopause, but does it come with its own risks? Image credit: shironosov/Getty Images. A drug used as a breast cancer treatment ...

The news that the U.K. has approved a preventive drug for post-menopausal women at risk of developing breast cancer wasn’t a shock to breast medical oncologist Abenaa Brewster. But the fact that ...

Long-term use can also affect bone strength and may require additional treatment. Anastrozole reduced instances of breast cancer in post-menopausal women by almost 50% (Representative Image/AP ...

And at just 4p per pill, compared to the thousands of pounds that cancer treatment costs, anastrozole is a bargain for the NHS. You might think this is wholly wonderful news. But glancing at some ...

If 25% of these women choose to take Anastrozole, around 2000 cases of breast cancer could be prevented in England, saving the NHS around £15 million in treatment costs. The IBIS-II international ...

Patients taking anastrozole must therefore go for bone density scans one or two years into and after treatment. Women taking it might have to add additional medicine to reduce the risk of bone ...

If only a quarter of those eligible chose to take anastrozole, which has been used for many years as a breast cancer treatment, NHS England estimates it would prevent 2,000 people from developing ...

Anastrozole, a breast cancer treatment drug, is now available to 289,000 women in England as a cancer preventative. Here, MailOnline answers your questions about the daily pill.