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Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)Comment receiving replies
These are tough decisions for everyone. Are there any folks in this thread who are taking an aromatase inhibitor as the only form of medical treatment with or without surgery? I’m on Letrozole and Ribociclib. I want todump Rebociclib . I’ve had no surgery.
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@pbnew are you stage 4? Kisqali (ribocicib) is usually used for metastatic cancer.
@pbnew I have MBC (mets to bones), no surgery. I am on anastrozole + Verzenio.
This drug combination is designed to keep metastatic or advanced estrogen positive cancer in check. Typically surgery is not an option after cancer has spread to other parts of the body, unless it is being used to prevent specific suffering due to the size or location of a tumor.
Why is it that you want to drop the Ribociclib from your treatment? Are you having adverse side effects from this?
@windyshores have you asked your oncologist for a bone scan or a pet scan? I know that it wouldn't be appropriate all the time but if you are having additional pain, it seems warranted. Have you had any unusual fractures?
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That's a new one on me. Do you have a tumor which the oncologist is just treating with drugs? Or is there a tumor which they are hoping to reduce in size to .after remove surgically? And, yep, cancer treatment decisions are tough. I don't know what I would have done without the genetic testing, but it gave two oncologists and me a feeling that we had wiggle room which helped a lot.