Alternating progesterone and
vaginal Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator used for the treatment and prevention of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer
Other cancers
If you are treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer, your uterine cancer risk increases
Tamoxifen is an effective treatment for breast cancer but an undesirable side-effect is an increased risk of endometrial cancer, particularly rare tumor types
Anyone here with large fibroids and in the middle of breast cancer treatment taking Tamoxifen? I have
Some specialists are starting to recommend yearly ultrasounds
However, tamoxifen increases the risk of endometrial cancer (EC) by about 2–7 fold, and more aggressive types of EC with poor prognoses are observed in tamoxifen users
But one thing I want you all to understand, that I feel doesn't get enough attention, is that my mother died of breast cancer, not endometrial cancer
Tamoxifen gave me a thickened uterine lining of 17 mm in just 4 months on it
The absolute increased risk of death from endometrial cancer in women who took tamoxifen for 10 years versus 5 years was 0
for 5 years
Although the number of cases of endometrial cancer occurring after tamoxifen is
It gets all of your lining - an endometrial biopsy gets only what they biopsy and misses areas
Tamoxifen is an effective treatment in reducing recurrence and mortality rates for estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer patients 1
Taking Tamoxifenuterine lining thickening
08), but neither difference was statistically significant
Schram
It seems to be increasing a lot every time
Normal endometrial thickness despite Tamoxifen use in postmenopausal women should be < 5 mm, although ~ 50% of those receiving Tamoxifen have been reported to have a thickness of > 8 mm
5-fold increase in the relative risk of developing endometrial cancer with data from major clinical studies indicating tamoxifen use results in an approximately twofold increase in the incidence rate of endometrial cancer
In summary, those who advocate screening should start with pretreatment In standard dosages, tamoxifen may be associated with endometrial proliferation, hyperplasia, polyp formation, invasive carcinoma, and uterine sarcoma
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Because I'm post menopausal and post hysterectomy, I'm on