Tamoxifen and pelvic checks
I'm wondering whether other women taking tamoxifen have any sort of pelvic check - an examination or ultrasound on a regular basis to check for uterine or endometrial changes/cancer. My oncologist has...
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Thanks for your reply Tonya. It's so annoying that a drug that stops breast cancer means we have to worry about another cancer. I know it's rare but still... I think I will be questioning my oncologist more about this issue next time I see her and if she still totally dismisses the idea of any kind of check I will ask my gp about it. I don't want any unnecessary treatment either and I think my onc said if thickening was found, and it likely would be, a D&C would be recommended. I think that is scraping out the uterus usually associated with abortions.But I'm just wondering whether having that done would reduce the risk of uterine or edometrial cancer. Maybe I'll do some more googling too. Anyway thanks for sharing your experience, I hope you are okay. Janet :)