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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Dominique Salin Drouin, Verriere le Biosson, FR;
Jacques Wepierre, Grisy Suisnes, FR;
Inventors:
Dominique Salin Drouin, Verriere le Biosson, FR;
Jacques Wepierre, Grisy Suisnes, FR;
Assignee:
Laboratories Besins International SA, Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 31/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions of 4-hydroxy tamoxifen, particularly compositions suitable for percutaneous administration, are useful in methods for treating and preventing breast cancer. When percutaneously administered to a patient's breasts, 4-hydroxy tamoxifen concentrates locally, and exerts an anti-estrogenic effect. In patients with breast cancer, this effect reduces tumor tissue proliferation. In patients at risk for developing breast cancer, the anti-estrogenic effect prevents breast tumor formation.