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My sister (66) is a 9 year breast cancer survivor; took tamoxifin for 5 years, & now in 5th year of femora. is this normal treatment?
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Yes for ER+ cancer: Yes, for early stage er + breast cancer - the therapy would include surgical resection ( mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by radiation) then followed by either chemo followed by or estrogen supression therapy - like tamoxifen, or aromatase inhibitor (ai) . Tamoxifen can be started first then switch to ai ( Femara (letrozole) etc) , or can be started on ai in the very beginning - for postmenopausal women.
Answered 6/25/2014
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