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Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) vs Tamoxifen for premenopausal women
Hi all, I've been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 1a, grade 2, ER and PR positive, HER2 negative, nodes all clear. Age 35. As I also found out that i am BRCA2 positive, I will als...
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Thank you ladies for responding to my original post. Apologies for the delay in responding. I had to take some time out as it was all getting a bit too much and was not in a good head space.
I guess the primary reason the oncologist recommended AI over Tamoxifen was that research has shown that AI + Zoladex for pre-menapausal women was more effective in stopping recurrence than Tamoxifen + Zoladex.
However, since my last post I have had a double mastectomy and now oncologist no.1 is saying that she's happy for me to be on Tamoxifen + Zoladex. As i will be getting ovaries removed after the age of 40+, I would then switch over to AI. So in total, 10 years of hormone treatment.
In short, f u cancer...
Thank you ladies for responding to my original post. Apologies for the delay in responding. I had to take some time out as it was all getting a bit too much and was not in a good head space.
I guess the primary reason the oncologist recommended AI over Tamoxifen was that research has shown that AI + Zoladex for pre-menapausal women was more effective in stopping recurrence than Tamoxifen + Zoladex.
However, since my last post I have had a double mastectomy and now oncologist no.1 is saying that she's happy for me to be on Tamoxifen + Zoladex. As i will be getting ovaries removed after the age of 40+, I would then switch over to AI. So in total, 10 years of hormone treatment.
In short, f u cancer...