Hormone therapy, is it worth it webcast
@kmakm Way to go , Kate! You were awesome! And thanks for having my drug holiday question featured too. I am doing a diary for it but had not contemplated continuing it after resuming the drug but now...
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@arpie My questions weren't answered at all. Unfortunately Kirsten asked about "medical marijuana" rather than CBD oil.
It was just all too general, a starter pack rather than the in depth discussion we were all looking for. I was asked to provide a list of questions a couple of months ago, which included the ones I asked yesterday, and more. I was complemented on these but I suspect somewhere along the line a decision was made to keep the webinar more generalised.
I can assure you that in the room the oncologist did not come across as condescending. Strictly speaking, he answered the posed topic, 'Hormone Therapy - are they worth it?' Perhaps another @BCNA webinar is in order: 'Hormone Therapy - helping you cope'.
I really think there are no easy answers here. ER+ cancers eat estrogen. Stop the estrogen, the cancer starves. AIs stop estrogen. End of story.
I expect one day they'll work out a different method of preventing BC from growing and that will replace AIs. As the research hones in on individual tumour characteristics and response, I think we're looking at more personalised treatment in the future. Just as my mother looks on in amazement at the treatment options I have compared with hers 33 years ago, 33 years from now we will probably do so in the same way. But for now we're stuck with them because it's the best we've got. Much like chemo.
My lower legs and hands are killing me today. I'm off to throw down some more painkillers. K xox
It was just all too general, a starter pack rather than the in depth discussion we were all looking for. I was asked to provide a list of questions a couple of months ago, which included the ones I asked yesterday, and more. I was complemented on these but I suspect somewhere along the line a decision was made to keep the webinar more generalised.
I can assure you that in the room the oncologist did not come across as condescending. Strictly speaking, he answered the posed topic, 'Hormone Therapy - are they worth it?' Perhaps another @BCNA webinar is in order: 'Hormone Therapy - helping you cope'.
I really think there are no easy answers here. ER+ cancers eat estrogen. Stop the estrogen, the cancer starves. AIs stop estrogen. End of story.
I expect one day they'll work out a different method of preventing BC from growing and that will replace AIs. As the research hones in on individual tumour characteristics and response, I think we're looking at more personalised treatment in the future. Just as my mother looks on in amazement at the treatment options I have compared with hers 33 years ago, 33 years from now we will probably do so in the same way. But for now we're stuck with them because it's the best we've got. Much like chemo.
My lower legs and hands are killing me today. I'm off to throw down some more painkillers. K xox