Taking Tamoxifen Longer May Better Protect Against BC Recurrence

Kylez
Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
edited December 2012 in Breast Cancer #1
This is exciting and hopeful news for so many of you that are on tamoxifen. It says that by taking tamoxifen longer, it may better protect against a breast cancer recurrence. I am posting the link to CBS news below:


Taking Tamoxifen Longer May Protect Against A Recurrence

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  • desertgirl947
    desertgirl947 Member Posts: 653 Member
    #2
    Interesting
    I just had a follow-up appointment with my oncologist on Monday. He was reviewing with me that he planned to use tamoxafen the first 2.5 years of hormonal therapy (started in August) and then switch to another drug. It sounded like the name started with an O. It will be interesting to see if, with these reports out, he changes his mind by that midway point.
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #3
    I have 7mths left to make 5
    I have 7mths left to make 5 yrs...I wonder it they will keep me on it longer? Time will tell..

    Denise
  • MsGebby
    MsGebby Member Posts: 659
    #4
    My doctors
    (yes all 3 of them involved in the cancer end of things) said I will be on "something" for more than 5 years. This last appointment I had (on Monday) the doc said "most likely for 10 years". I just started Tamoxifen (had to stop Arimidex dues to horrible SE's) and it sounds like she is already of the same opinion as that of the report.

    Hopefully, that's going to do the job and we can walk away cancer free.
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #5
    desertgirl947 said:

    Interesting
    I just had a follow-up appointment with my oncologist on Monday. He was reviewing with me that he planned to use tamoxafen the first 2.5 years of hormonal therapy (started in August) and then switch to another drug. It sounded like the name started with an O. It will be interesting to see if, with these reports out, he changes his mind by that midway point.

    This is interesting! Thanks
    This is interesting! Thanks Kylez!
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #6
    MsGebby said:

    My doctors
    (yes all 3 of them involved in the cancer end of things) said I will be on "something" for more than 5 years. This last appointment I had (on Monday) the doc said "most likely for 10 years". I just started Tamoxifen (had to stop Arimidex dues to horrible SE's) and it sounds like she is already of the same opinion as that of the report.

    Hopefully, that's going to do the job and we can walk away cancer free.

    Saw this on tv and not
    Saw this on tv and not really sure what to think of it. It would be great if by staying on tamox for 10 years it would help, but, what about after 10 years? Lots of women get bc again after that 10 year mark it seems anymore.

    Angie
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #7
    disneyfan2008 said:

    I have 7mths left to make 5
    I have 7mths left to make 5 yrs...I wonder it they will keep me on it longer? Time will tell..

    Denise

    I don't know if your onco
    I don't know if your onco will keep you on tamox longer Denise, but, with this study out, it looks like many oncologists might at least recommend it.
  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #8
    Angie2U said:

    Saw this on tv and not
    Saw this on tv and not really sure what to think of it. It would be great if by staying on tamox for 10 years it would help, but, what about after 10 years? Lots of women get bc again after that 10 year mark it seems anymore.

    Angie

    Wonder if this is true for AIs, too?
    A good friend took Arimidex for 7 or 8 years. She called it the "Dutch protocol", based on research done in Holland. Her husband is a rad onc so they did a lot of research and her med oncologist seemed to think it was a good idea, especially since she was HER-2 positive and she did not have chemo (her decision). She was diagnosed b4 Herceptin was used as first line treatment (it was only used for recurrence or mets at the time). She's still ok today, but is insecure without Arimidex as it and radiation were her only treatments (she was stage 1, but still HER-2+). Scarey stuff, this crap shoot we're all participating in.

    Suzanne
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #9
    Double Whammy said:

    Wonder if this is true for AIs, too?
    A good friend took Arimidex for 7 or 8 years. She called it the "Dutch protocol", based on research done in Holland. Her husband is a rad onc so they did a lot of research and her med oncologist seemed to think it was a good idea, especially since she was HER-2 positive and she did not have chemo (her decision). She was diagnosed b4 Herceptin was used as first line treatment (it was only used for recurrence or mets at the time). She's still ok today, but is insecure without Arimidex as it and radiation were her only treatments (she was stage 1, but still HER-2+). Scarey stuff, this crap shoot we're all participating in.

    Suzanne

    This is encouraging, but, I
    This is encouraging, but, I still pray for a cure for this horrid disease. Are most everyone on tamox for just the 5 years? I don't know about the Als Suzanne. That's a good question for our oncologists.


    Lex
  • Pink Rose
    Pink Rose Member Posts: 493
    #10
    MsGebby said:

    My doctors
    (yes all 3 of them involved in the cancer end of things) said I will be on "something" for more than 5 years. This last appointment I had (on Monday) the doc said "most likely for 10 years". I just started Tamoxifen (had to stop Arimidex dues to horrible SE's) and it sounds like she is already of the same opinion as that of the report.

    Hopefully, that's going to do the job and we can walk away cancer free.

    Thank you Kylez for the
    Thank you Kylez for the link. I appreciate anything new in the fight for breast cancer.
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #11
    I've never been on Tamoxifen
    I've never been on Tamoxifen but have been on Femara/letrozole since 2/10. At that time I was told it would be for 5 yrs. A year ago I was told by Dr. T. (my chemo Dr) that the latest research showed that for IBC it needs to be continued 'forever' so I'd be on it forever and keep seeing him every 6 mths. So I see him Sept and March and my PA every Jun and Dec.

    Winyan - The Power Withiin

    Susan
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #12
    Rague said:

    I've never been on Tamoxifen
    I've never been on Tamoxifen but have been on Femara/letrozole since 2/10. At that time I was told it would be for 5 yrs. A year ago I was told by Dr. T. (my chemo Dr) that the latest research showed that for IBC it needs to be continued 'forever' so I'd be on it forever and keep seeing him every 6 mths. So I see him Sept and March and my PA every Jun and Dec.

    Winyan - The Power Withiin

    Susan

    That is interesting Susan
    That is interesting Susan that your chemo doctor said you'd be on Femara/Letrozole forever. Was his reasoning the same as this article about tamox?
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #13
    Pink Rose said:

    Thank you Kylez for the
    Thank you Kylez for the link. I appreciate anything new in the fight for breast cancer.

    I do not take tamox Kylez,
    I do not take tamox Kylez, but, I also thank you for this important information. Any break thru in the treatment of bc is always important.

    Sue :)
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #14
    Angie2U said:

    That is interesting Susan
    That is interesting Susan that your chemo doctor said you'd be on Femara/Letrozole forever. Was his reasoning the same as this article about tamox?

    Very good news if this is
    Very good news if this is true. I hope it is!


    Jan

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