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For Arimidex (Anastrozole) users, new, past, and ongoing
I found a couple of older threads about Arimidex, but they covered a large time span with a gazillion posts, so I thought I would start a new thread for Arimidex/Anastrozole users. I am starting on Anastrozole today. Plan is to take it for 5 years, possibly longer. I already have osteopenia and osteoarthritis (limited to…
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FDA Approves Imlunestrant (Inluriyo) for Certain Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers
Imlunestrant is a hormonal therapy medicine used to treat advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer that grew during treatment with other hormonal therapy medicines. Read our breaking news article.
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Tamoxifen, acne, and otherwise dry aging skin
Hi all, new to the forums and posting for the first time. I'm Medicare-aged and started my final treatment phase of 3 years of 5mg daily "baby" tamoxifen a few months ago, and I'm now dealing with new persistent pimples which I'm convinced are related. I've been post-menopausal for over a decade now, so my primary skin…
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Managing Hormonal Therapy Side Effects
Jun 11, 2025 World-renowned breast cancer expert Dr. Hope Rugo offers strategies for the most troubling side effects. At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Hope Rugo, MD, chaired a session on managing the side effects of new breast cancer treatments and also presented information on how to…
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Tamoxifen side effects
Hi, I am a 69-year-old woman and and I was diagnosed with stage Ia invasive ductal carcinoma in April of this year. I had a wide surgical excision , 19 treatments of whole breast radiation, and now I have been taking Tamoxifen , 10 mg every other day for two months. I am in a Low Tam research study, that us why the dose us…
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Tamoxifen side effects with diagnosis of osteoporosis
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 1A one year ago. I had a lumpectomy with 16 radiation treatments. I began 20 mg of tamoxifen almost 8 months ago. Side effects have not been bad until about 1 month ago. I seem to bruise easily, having headaches more frequently, terrible hot flashes and my body hurts if I exercise. Prior…
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Has anyone here developed Pre-Diabetes during Hormone Therapy
I see BCO has an article about this https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/link-between-hormonal-tx-and-diabetes My story so far - after always having fasting blood sugar in the 80s or even the 70s, my last two readings at the oncologists office, three weeks apart, were over 100. The first time, I had a smoothie not…
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Nervous about switch from Letrozole to Exemestane
Hi - I have been on Letrozole for 2 years (invasive ductal carcinoma, node positive, did chemo and radiation, double mastectomy and oophorectomy...was diagnosed right after my 46th bday). Recently I've had neuropathy for the first time (it moves around/switches which limbs it affects...strangest thing). Ruled out…
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tamoxifen and hair loss
Hello, I am over 65 & was diagnosed with breast cancer in Aug 2024, followed by a mastectomy, removal of 9 lymph nodes, radiation & hormone therapy. Even though I am post-menopause I was given Tamoxifen for hormone therapy because of my severe osteoporosis. 4 months into using Tamoxifen I find my hair is thinning rapidly,…
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Help with Lupron, or Alternatives to Hormone Suppression Therapy?
Hello! Grateful to have found this forum! Questions are at the bottom if you want to skip the backstory. I promise I searched the site before asking questions 😉… so if there is a thread that might help me, please share. I'm 54 y/o, diagnosed in March with Invasive Ductile Carcinoma, Progesterone/Estrogen positive, HER2-.…