Take your Tamoxifan

A big conference on Breast Cancer research and treatment just wrapped up. One of the big findings .. Women who are prescribed tamoxifan after surgery need to be diligent about taking the medication. Research from Scotland finds"
"About one in 10 women filled fewer than 70% of their tamoxifen prescriptions, Dr. Thompson said. These women had a 16% greater risk of all-cause mortality than those who filled all their prescriptions"
While tamoxifan is a once a day pill, which should be easy to comply with, there can be side effects like hot flashes and that may prompt women to drop out of therapy.
But the study goes on to say, not following through could be even more detrimental to a woman's health if she's taking a newer class of drugs, the aromatase inhibitors - as their shorter half life, that is, they get out of the body faster, could put a woman at greater risk of cancer recurrence faster - if she doesn't stay with the therapy.

please note:
This study was published as an abstract and presented orally at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary as they have not yet been reviewed and published in a peer-reviewed publication