Tamoxifen is a drug that is used to prevent or treat some forms of breast cancer.Before it can have a physiological effect,tamoxifen must be metabolized to an active metabolite called endoxifen.Tamoxifen is therefore considered to be a:
A) metabolizer.
B) prodrug.
C) transferase.
D) cytochrome.
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