Breast Cancer: Medications
Capecitabine
10/01/08, HealthwiseCapecitabine belongs to a class of drugs called antimetabolites. It interferes with the growth of cancer cells. Capecitabine is available as tablets that are taken by mouth (oral).
Breast Cancer - Medications
08/31/07, HealthwiseIn some cases, chemotherapy or hormone therapy is used before surgery to shrink the breast cancer. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. It may allow you to save your breast if the cancer is large. Talk with your doctor about the risks
Tamoxifen
08/31/07, HealthwiseTamoxifen is the most commonly used hormone therapy for the treatment of breast cancer.
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Breast Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent - Medications
08/31/07, HealthwiseMetastatic or recurrent breast cancer is treated with a variety of medicines, including chemotherapy and hormone therapy. The treatment regimen your doctor suggests for you depends on your symptoms, characteristics of your breast cancer,
Megestrol acetate
08/31/07, HealthwiseMegestrol is a man-made progestin similar to the hormone progesterone. Experts do not completely understand how megestrol works, but most believe that it interferes with receptors that help breast cancer grow and spread.
Aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer
08/31/07, HealthwiseAromatase inhibitors interfere with how much estrogen the body's tissues can make. This limits the amount of estrogen available in the body.
Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
08/31/07, HealthwiseTrastuzumab targets breast cancer cells that make too much of (overexpress) a protein called HER-2, which is found on the surface of some cancer cells. Trastuzumab slows or stops the growth of these cells. Not all breast cancers m
Fulvestrant
08/31/07, HealthwiseFulvestrant is called an antiestrogen medicine. This means that it blocks the effect of estrogen in the body. It is only used for postmenopausal women who have been diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer.1
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