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The new Celebration Chain Web site, sponsored by AstraZeneca, gives you the opportunity to design a personalized, animated celebration doll that represents your loved one’s unique attributes. Is she, for example, incredibly strong? A chocoholic? Your favorite gossip buddy? Create a fun, animated celebration doll to lift her spirits and let her know she’s loved.

You can also invite friends and family members to participate. It’s like organizing an online pep rally — a surefire way to lift her spirits and let her know she’s loved.

We keep a tally of all celebration dolls and messages created for her. As her Celebration Chain grows, check back often to see what’s been added.

At AstraZeneca, we’ve been fighting breast cancer for more than 30 years. We hope you will join us in expressing our admiration for these remarkable women by participating in the Celebration Chain and creating a celebration doll of your own.

For every new doll created, AstraZeneca will donate $1, up to a total of $25,000, to a breast cancer charity.

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Important Information About ARIMIDEX

ARIMIDEX is approved for adjuvant treatment (treatment following surgery with or without radiation) of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer.

ARIMIDEX is also approved for the initial treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive or hormone receptor-unknown locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer and for the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer that has progressed following tamoxifen therapy. Patients with estrogen receptor-negative disease and patients who did not previously respond to tamoxifen therapy rarely responded to ARIMIDEX.

Important Safety Information About ARIMIDEX

Prescription ARIMIDEX is only for postmenopausal women. ARIMIDEX should not be taken if you are pregnant because it may harm your unborn child.

In the early breast cancer clinical trial, the most common side effects seen with ARIMIDEX include hot flashes, joint symptoms, weakness, mood changes, pain, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, depression, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, swelling of arms/legs, and headache. Fractures (including fractures of the spine, hip, and wrist) occurred more frequently with ARIMIDEX than with tamoxifen (10% vs 7%).

In advanced breast cancer trials, the most common side effects seen with ARIMIDEX versus tamoxifen include hot flashes, nausea, decreased energy and weakness, pain, back pain, bone pain, and increased cough. Joint pain/stiffness has been reported in association with the use of ARIMIDEX.

ARIMIDEX should not be taken with tamoxifen or estrogen-containing therapies.

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