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Fulvestrant

(Redirected from Faslodex)

Fulvestrant is a drug treatment of hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy. It is an estrogen receptor antagonist with no agonist effects and down-regulates the estrogen receptor. It is administered as a once-monthly injection.

Fulvestrant is marketed by AstraZeneca with the brand name Faslodex.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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