[MPWG] tamoxifen v. taxol

[Olivia Kwong]

Thanks everyone for the corrections on tamoxifen being completely
different than taxol and unrelated to the Yew, I stand corrected.

This does bring up an interesting point though, the difficulty with which
good information can be found.  The link I mentioned below is for the
Washington University school of medicine's quarterly magazine done by
their Office of Medical Public Affairs.  This would mean that not only are
they incorrectly educating any general public folks that read it, but also
doctors as well.  Anyone have ideas for solutions to this kind of thing?

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

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Olivia Kwong wrote:

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