Medications For Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a malignant growth that begins in breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, fluid coming from the nipple, or a red scaly patch of skin. In those with distant spread of the disease, there may be bone pain, swollen lymph nodes, shortness of breath, or yellow skin.
Risk factors for developing breast cancer include: female sex, obesity, lack of physical exercise, drinking alcohol, hormone replacement therapy during menopause, ionizing radiation, early age at first menstruation, having children late or not at all, older age, and family history.
Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Drugs Approved to Prevent Breast Cancer

• Evista (Raloxifene Hydrochloride)
• Keoxifene (Raloxifene Hydrochloride)
• Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate)
• Raloxifene Hydrochloride
• Tamoxifen Citrate

Drugs Approved to Treat Breast Cancer

• Abitrexate (Methotrexate)
• Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation)
• Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine
• Afinitor (Everolimus)
• Anastrozole
• Aredia (Pamidronate Disodium)
• Arimidex (Anastrozole)
• Aromasin (Exemestane
• Capecitabine
• Clafen (Cyclophosphamide)
• Cyclophosphamide
• Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide)
• Docetaxel
• Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
• Ellence (Epirubicin Hydrochloride)
• Epirubicin Hydrochloride
• Eribulin Mesylate
• Everolimus
• Exemestane
• 5-FU (Fluorouracil Injection)
• Fareston (Toremifene)
• Vinblastine Sulfate
• Xeloda (Capecitabine)
• Zoladex (Goserelin Acetate)

In my subsequent posts I'll discuss some of the drugs listed.

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