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Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)
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@marcia115

they said a 10% chance it could come back. This one took 9 years to come back, I am 81 and they say
the older you are it grows slow. aromatase the same as anastrozole?
Marcia

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windyshores | @windyshores | Nov 11, 2022

@marcia115 anastrozole is one of the aromatase inhibitors.

When you say your cancer has "come back," has it spread? Or is it a limited local recurrence? If it spreads, you cannot easily just "have it out." With cancer spread, there are treatments that extend our lives but no cure.

Unfortunately, for those of us with ER+ cancers, risk goes up over the years, not down.

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