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Men with breast cancer: Your experience wth hormonal therapy?

Posted by dick61 @dick61, Aug 28, 2022

I had a mastectomy and 3 positive lymph nodes and 16 proton radiation treatments at MN Mayo. I am taking 20 mg of tamoxifen. What side effects are MALES experiencing from this drug??

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dick61 | @dick61 | Jul 4 10:22am
In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @dick61 and @deebee41, here are some research papers specifically about men and tamoxifen: - Management..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Hi @dick61 and @deebee41, here are some research papers specifically about men and tamoxifen:
- Management of Male Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.19.03120
- Survival benefit of tamoxifen in male breast cancer: prospective cohort analysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-020-0857-z
- Tamoxifen in men: a review of adverse events https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152880/

There is earlier research as well that establish tamoxifen as safe and effective in men with breast cancer.

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Thanks, Colleen. Thought I would get your interest!

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dick61 | @dick61 | Jul 6 3:23pm
In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @dick61 and @deebee41, here are some research papers specifically about men and tamoxifen: - Management..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Hi @dick61 and @deebee41, here are some research papers specifically about men and tamoxifen:
- Management of Male Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.19.03120
- Survival benefit of tamoxifen in male breast cancer: prospective cohort analysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-020-0857-z
- Tamoxifen in men: a review of adverse events https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152880/

There is earlier research as well that establish tamoxifen as safe and effective in men with breast cancer.

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Thanks for the articles. Confirmed what Dr. Ruddy explained to me.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jul 9 2:59pm
In reply to @dick61 "Thanks for the articles. Confirmed what Dr. Ruddy explained to me." + (show)
@dick61

Thanks for the articles. Confirmed what Dr. Ruddy explained to me.

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I'm a fan of Dr. Ruddy. Nice to get confirmation that the articles confirm her expertise. Thanks for letting me know.

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