Re: any help for vaginal dryness?
Kathryn,
Would you happen to know what the present story is on the use of ospemifene for breast cancer patients who are experiencing the problem? As I understand it, in order to get it approved so it would sell to other women, it was not tested on bc patients. Since it already is available to non-bc patients and seems to be working well, and it IS, after all, a SERM (which is what tamoxifen is), would it be possible for Stanford U to find ways to determine whether ospemifene actually is or is not a problem for bc patients rather than perhaps re-inventing the wheel?
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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
NED
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