[sally]

I was on Femara and my tumor markers went up consistantly and enough for my doctor to say that the cancer is active again. There is no sign of cancer on the scans. He took me off Femara and put me on Tamoxifen. It takes awhile to see if it is working. I guess the first two blood tests showed that the tumor markers went up which is normal when starting Tamoxifen. My last blood test showed that it is starting to go down. He said if it doesn't go down substantially the next time then more tests and try something else. I don't know if this helped you with your original question, Jean. In my experience my doc thought that the Femara wasn't working because of my tumor markers kept going up. Sally