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World Service,17 Jul 2023,9 mins

Tamoxifen: Breast cancer ‘wonder drug’

Witness History

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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’s attention in the 1970s.

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