The reason for the death of a family in Kalideres, which was once a riot, has finally been revealed. Four family members died with a history of various illnesses, from heart attacks to gastrointestinal infections.
Meanwhile, during the autopsy findings of the mother, Reni Margareta, traces of the drug tamoxifen were found. “But again, tamoxifen is not a poison, it is a drug,” explained Wahyu Marsudi, head of forensic chemical biology at Puslabfor Polri Kombes.
What is Tamoxifen?
Quoted from Cleveland and Clinictamoxifen is used as an effective hormone therapy used to treat breast cancer, this drug is believed to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.
There are also some cases, some people use tamoxifen to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Daily oral medications prevent cancer cells from using estrogen and progesterone to grow and spread.
Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tamoxifen in 1998, it has become one of the most widely used breast cancer treatments.
What is hormone receptor positive breast cancer?
This drug is especially effective in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, which is a cancerous tumor that requires the hormones estrogen or progesterone (or sometimes both) to grow. About 75% of breast cancers are hormone positive in postmenopausal patients.
Who uses tamoxifen?
Tamoxifen can help women and men with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. This drug may reduce the risk of breast cancer in:
Women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer because of a family history of the disease or a mutated (changed) breast cancer (BRCA) gene.
Women and men diagnosed with breast cancer to prevent cancer recurrence include:
- The development of breast cancer is the opposite, untreated breast.
- Recurrence of breast cancer after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy.
This heavy drug will only be prescribed by a doctor, who will determine whether tamoxifen is suitable for each patient’s treatment.
Previously it was suspected that Reni died of breast abnormalities due to the discovery of traces of this drug. The autopsy team did not see any toxic substances in question.
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