[MPWG] ARTICLE: Study shows tamoxifen can prevent cancer for years

[Olivia Kwong]

I wasn't sure about it myself after seeing no mention of Yew in the
article, so I did a search before posting and found various websites that
say it's derived from the yew.  Below is an example of one of the links.

"Chemopreventive agents in the news have included tamoxifen, a substance
derived from yew trees that can reduce the risk of breast cancer" from
http://medschool.wustl.edu/~wumpa/outlook/winter2003/chemoprevent.html

Olivia
CPC/PCA
http://www.nps.gov/plants/

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Teresa Cornwell wrote:

> Tamoxifen is not from plants, (if I am wrong someone please correct
> me).  You have it confused with the anti cancer drug taxol which is from
> yews.  Taxol and Tamoxifen have very different modes of action in
> fighting cancer.  Tamoxifen blocks estrogen from binding to its
> receptor.  Taxol is involved in preventing cellular division.
>
> Teresa Cornwell
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> Olivia Kwong wrote:
> > It's too bad that there's no mention at all of the connection to Yews or
> > medicinal plants in this article.
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051115/hl_nm/breastcancer_dc
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> > Olivia
> > CPC/PCA
> > http://www.nps.gov/plants/
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