Why won't women prevent breast cancer?

The results are in and clear -- taking a pill a day for five years can slash the risk of breast cancer. But high-risk women are still reluctant to do it.

The cancer specialists who have been comparing the drugs raloxifene and tamoxifen rushed out updated findings to a meeting on Monday, showing that tamoxifen lowers the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women by 50 per cent, compared with 38 per cent for raloxifene. Overall, both drugs saved lives, they told the American Association for Cancer Research meeting.