Paper II
2022 May (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)
Question
Selective estrogen receptor modulators
Q160.3 marksShort Answers
Answer
Tamoxifen, Raloxifene — act as estrogen receptor agonists in some tissues and antagonists in others (tissue-selective); tamoxifen is antagonist in breast (used in ER-positive breast cancer) but agonist in endometrium and bone, while raloxifene is antagonist in breast and endometrium but agonist in bone (used for osteoporosis prevention without the endometrial cancer risk of tamoxifen).
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