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Should I not be taking hormone inhibitors after mastectomy?
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To me those are newer tests. lol 😂
You are the testing information lady. My original cancer diagnosis was over 20 years ago and none of the tests you talk about (onco dx, breast cancer index, mammo print, etc.) were even thought of.
These are the tests I referred to above. I know they are trying to develop more testing and are doing studies to look at this, but for now, this is the best we have and it is certainly a long way from a few short decades ago.
Twenty years ago, almost everyone got chemo, they had tamoxifen, and Arimidex was a brand new drug, all the others came after that.
You should know I would never promote the idea that people go against medical advice. I took tamoxifen for five and Arimidex/anastrozole for ten years. I believe any side effects that I dealt with are worth the time I have had with my family.
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I totally agree with you! Thank you so much!
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I had an Oncotype 10 years ago and was not aware of any recommendation there to no take meds. It might give a relatively low benefit for some, but it never said meds were not needed. (I was aware that I was lucky to have the Oncotype because only a few years earlier I would have had chemo.)
If @lindaloon can provide more info on what the MD showed her, it would be helpful, but if dealing with cancer now there may be more important things to focus on!