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I discussed my AI side effects with my onc at my last visit in January. His take on the duration of treatment was a little different - he speculated on the "politics" involved. He said there was no hard and fast reason for five years of tx at baseline, that probably that number was arrived at due to lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry, which, he speculated, is now probably hitting itself in the head, saying, "we should have gone for ten years!" He says there is no magic to the number, just as there is no "magic" to the standard dose pills they give everyone - it is all a compromise they arrived at that is a generic solution. He also told me that these drugs are not without significant toxcity, and that those toxcities need to be weighed agains the benefit of remaining on treatment. I think he has a pretty balanced outlook on things. Just thought you would benefit from his viewpoint.
Hopeful
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