Overview
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John A. Kellen
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Toronto, Canada
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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- Myles C. Cabot, Armando E. Giuliano
Pages 43-58
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- Annie J. Sasco, Isabelle Gendre
Pages 59-92
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- Robert Clarke, Marc E. Lippman
Pages 93-122
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- Edward Baral, Eva Nagy, Istvan Berczi
Pages 137-178
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- Taisen Iguchi, Yasuhiko Ohta
Pages 179-199
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- Stephen R. D. Johnston, Mitchell Dowsett
Pages 231-266
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- Marc E. Bracke, Frans M. Van Roy, Vincent Castronovo, Marc M. Mareel
Pages 267-284
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- Liam J. Murphy, Leigh C. Murphy
Pages 285-301
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- Anni M. Wärri, Pirkko L. Härkönen
Pages 343-358
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Back Matter
Pages 375-377
About this book
Tamoxifen has persisted as a widely accepted and administered drug for almost 25 years. Following the many scientific papers and books on the subject, it has remained a very intriguing substance. This, perhaps, is the reason for another monograph on Tamoxifen. It is regrettably true that overviews, even when up to date after exhaustive research - the shibboleth of our cultures -, rapidly lose relevance with the passage of time. Scientists can sometimes be pictured as deep sea divers, who plunge into the unknown in search of a hitherto unknown world. Their descent is exciting, but eventually they must come up for air and integrate their experiences with others who also had to resurface. This book intends to collect and, where possible, to collate recent, but sometimes seemingly unrelated information. To quote Stephane Mallarme: "Everything in the world exists to end up in a book". Even if this is a tad cynical, it might not be far from the truth. If a little knowledge is a dangerous commodity, one can also add - tongue in cheek - that a vast amount of knowledge can be truly hazardous. It is likely that what might seem as entangled data is confusing, especially for those satisfied with the comfortable interpretation of Tamoxifen as an antiestrogen which has long been found insufficient. The complexity of its mechanisms and effects defies simple explanations and may even seem capricious, but only because of our ignorance.
Editors and Affiliations
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Toronto, Canada
John A. Kellen
