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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28 9:25am | Replies (1934)
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@samy

Thank you for the response.

I have pored over forums and websites and cannot find an answer to a really simple question: Is stage 1 survival significantly different with this drug, any AI drug, for someone pushing 70? If there is no significant difference in mortality rates, I don’t want to take it.

If anyone reads or hears about a study or something specific, I’d REALLY appreciate the link.

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cindylb | @cindylb | Apr 28, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874410/
Samy - You got me curious about this..........I'm not sure the link above will work. I'm not very good at links and such but this is an article on the NCBI-NIH (National Institutes of Health) website.
I looked at several articles. They are written in medical language and it takes a while to plow through them but...this one references 'older breast cancer patients' and treatment options, including AI's. There are several studies listed on the difference between Lobular and Ductal and AI effectiveness and 'the older' patient .........I think we're all 'older', ha ha....but it does address some of our concerns.
If you can't get to the article, Google or Websearch, effectiveness of AI's in early stage or Stage 1 cancer. I found lots of studies.
The upshot I got was this...........the AI's work but side effects and compliance by older patients are a strong consideration and Lobular really is different than Ductal and is just now being treated as such.
Hugs...........

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