Tag Archive for: letrozole

Breast Cancer Follow-up Options

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After treatment for breast cancer, you have a decision to make: do you take the medication to prevent reoccurrence? The decision always lies with the individual after considering all options; my role is to explain the options based on the current research. It goes without question that everyone should try to have the healthiest lifestyle possible including diet, exercise, and supplements. Those will help improve the outcome, medication or not, but this is about whether to take the medication, so here we go.

 

The Medication Option

Basing the decision on current research, taking the letrozole would seem . . .

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Research on Breast Cancer Reoccurrence

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This week, I’m providing my answer to a long-time reader who asked what I thought about taking the estrogen-receptor blocking medication letrozole in light of some side-effects she had. One of the important considerations is how much the medication will help prevent breast cancer reoccurrence. It just so happens that the American Society of Clinical Oncology had their annual meeting last week, and one of the papers presented addressed the issue of long-term use of letrozole (1). Here’s what the abstract said.

Researchers recruited close to 2,000 women who previously had early-stage . . .

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A Breast Cancer Question

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If you’re a long-time reader, you know Paula had breast cancer that was successfully treated about 18 months ago. We’ve been through the process, so we know there are no easy answers when it comes to cancer treatment. The same is true for what to do after treatment. This week, I’m going to talk about a question someone recently asked me about post-cancer treatment for breast cancer. The question applies to Paula as well as the person who asked the question, and I think it may help any woman faced with the same question.

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