Induction of covalent DNA adducts in rodents by tamoxifen.

  • 1 March 1992
    • journal article
    • Vol. 52  (5) , 1360-3
Abstract
The antiestrogen tamoxifen, increasingly used as adjuvant treatment for breast cancer, has been found to covalently modify DNA of rodents. For instance, the liver DNA of female Sprague-Dawley rats treated with a single injection of tamoxifen contained two DNA adducts. Four additional DNA adducts were formed and adduct concentrations increased 5- 7- and 10-15-fold after three and six tamoxifen injections, respectively, from levels observed after a single dose. The accumulation of DNA adducts with repeated administrations of tamoxifen to rodents may make this drug a poor choice for the chronic preventative treatment of breast cancer.

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