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Hormone inhibitors. To use or not.
I’m keen to hear from anyone who has a similar breast cancer to me and their decision re taking hormone blockers. I’m 73 years old, and diagnosed with ER+, HER2-, 8mm invasive ductal tumour with no ly...
Julez1958 said:Hi I am 63 and had hormone positive cancer (5.5cm) and had a mastectomy with radiotherapy .No lymph node involvement so no chemo.
My oncologist recommended Letrazole for 5 years and I am almost 12 months on it with minimal side effects.
A lot of women write about side effects but everyone is different so if your oncologist recommends Letrazole ( or one if the other two AIs) why not give it a go and see if you do actually get side effects?
Your oncologist should be able to give you the pros and cons of whether this drug is worthwhile for you and even though there are many studies of the benefits of these drugs to prevent recurrence it’s always an individual choice having regard to the individual medical advice.
Hope that helps.