Pills May Prevent Breast Cancer (by Doctors)

A new start for millions of women are given drugs against cancer, not cure the disease, but to avoid that.

Doctors say that women at high risk may benefit from taking the pills, but is not without risks.

Doctors have used tamoxifen to treat breast cancer since 1970, but now open their doors to women for prevention.

Can be used before cancer develops, and reduce the risk of breast cancer to reduce by 40 percent.

The disadvantage is that it can cause early menopause, or perhaps other cancers.

"If you look at the numbers, the risks and benefits, is estimated for every thousand women at high risk of 20 will prevent breast cancer, and we are about six blood clots and uterine cancer about three and both are much less severe cancer, "said Jack Cuzick, a researcher.