Tamoxifen: Breast cancer wonder drug

Published: July 17, 2023, 9 a.m.

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The story of how tamoxifen went from a failed contraceptive pill, to being used to prevent and treat breast cancer around the world.

It was the first ever targeted cancer drug.

Laura Jones speaks to Professor V. Craig Jordan, who helped bring it to the world\\u2019s attention in the 1970s.

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