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I was diagnosed with LCIS when I was in my late 40’s. I took tamoxifen for 5 years. My uterus grew quite large. There was a concern of cancer but all benign polyps. Then 9 years later I was diagnosed with ILC. So the moral of the story for me was the tamoxifen did not prevent breast cancer. The breast index test shows that I would benefit from another 5 years on anastrozole but with an addition of osteoporosis diagnosis that remains to be seen.

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nbrooks | @nbrooks | Feb 28 1:00pm

I’m so sorry you have been through all this. I was just diagnosed this past July. I am still seeing my breast surgeon. But no one has indicated that I need to see an oncologist. I go to my surgeon next week and am going to ask him. Are you planning to take the other medication? I was so glad my primary care physician and rheumatologist agreed with me not taking tamoxifen. I am not sure what my care will look like without taking the medication.

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