The breast cancer drug tamoxifen can widen a narrowed coronary artery in men with heart problems, a new study shows. Although the test population comprised only a few dozen participants, the study suggests that the drug may play a valuable role beyond fighting cancer.
Researchers gave tamoxifen orally for 56 days to 16 men–average age 61–with heart disease.
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