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10-04-2005, 11:46 AM

Dear Jackie. I wanted to make an important correction to my last post. I tried to edit it right away, but have been having a lot of trouble logging in over the last few visits.

The line in the first paragraph which states that foods and supplements (vitamin-E) that contain phytoestrogens are contraindicated in estrogen-receptor negative tumors, should read "contraindicated in estrogen-receptor POSITIVE tumors". Please excuse my typo, but it is a very important point, as any source of estrogen would tend to FEED an estrogen-receptor POSITIVE malignancy, and defeat the purpose of drugs such as Tamoxifen or Arimidex.

10-04-2005, 11:46 AM	#3
Tommy Guest Posts: n/a	Correction Dear Jackie. I wanted to make an important correction to my last post. I tried to edit it right away, but have been having a lot of trouble logging in over the last few visits. The line in the first paragraph which states that foods and supplements (vitamin-E) that contain phytoestrogens are contraindicated in estrogen-receptor negative tumors, should read "contraindicated in estrogen-receptor POSITIVE tumors". Please excuse my typo, but it is a very important point, as any source of estrogen would tend to FEED an estrogen-receptor POSITIVE malignancy, and defeat the purpose of drugs such as Tamoxifen or Arimidex.