Re: WBR or wait and watch????? pls help
Tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors are usually used in hormone positive cancer. Both cross the blood brain barrier including all three aromatase inhibitors (Arimidex, Femara and Aromosin).
If you mother has been on one of these, she should switch. If she has been on Femara or Arimidex, she should talk to her doctor about switching to Aromosin (works in a different way than the other two). After that, she could switch or use Tamoxifen if she has never tried that.
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Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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