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Olivegreen
2 years agoMember
ER -ve DCIS have had Tamoxifen offered
Hi brains trust. I have just had single mastectomy due to high grade and large DCIS. The results from pathology show that the DCIS was ER/PR-ve and HER2 +ve. I’ve been offered Tamoxifen as an option ...
Afraser
2 years agoMember
I had a single mastectomy, established tumour, one malignant lymph node, HER2 positive, and took Letrozole (way past menopause) for ten years. So far (eleven years) so good! I don’t know of anything that will categorically protect you from a recurrence or another unrelated cancer. But I felt like I wanted to do whatever was recommended (five years initially, ten years following research of effectiveness) to avoid going through BC again. For the record, while I had some side effects (one was possibly age related), I had none of the common ones - no joint pain, aches, menopausal symptoms, etc. Remember you can always stop a treatment if the side effects are too difficult. Best wishes whatever you choose.