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NCI-CCC Breast Tumor Board Question

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In which scenarios do you use vaginal estrogen in patients with history of HR positive breast cancer?

Do you feel differently about using these in patients with a history of HR-negative breast cancer?

1 Answer available

In terms of contraception, what do you recommend for patients with a history of hormone receptor-negative compared to hormone receptor-positive breast cancer?

1 Answer available

Is there evidence that oral contraceptive pills are less effective in pre-menopausal women on tamoxifen chemoprevention?

We usually recommend copper IUDs, but that's not feasible in all women.

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For patients on a bone-modifying agent for osteoporosis/severe osteopenia in the context of adjuvant AI therapy, how do you manage the bone-modifying agent once their AI course is complete?

1 Answer available

Would you consider HRT after BSO in a pre-menopausal gBRCA2+ patient who has no intention of ever having prophylactic bilateral mastectomies and who declines chemoprophylaxis?

2 Answers available

How do you counsel patients with a curable breast cancer that there is no indication for additional surveillance imaging after treatment other than continuing annual mammograms?

4 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Obstet Gynecol,

Long-term mortality associated with oophorectomy compared with ovarian conservation in the nurses' health study.

JAMA,

Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials.

Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 2019 Aug 16

Effect of Bazedoxifene and Conjugated Estrogen (Duavee) on Breast Cancer Risk Biomarkers in High-Risk Women: A Pilot Study.

J Clin Oncol, 2019 Sep 18

Management of Osteoporosis in Survivors of Adult Cancers With Nonmetastatic Disease: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline.

JAMA oncology, 2024 Jan 01

Vaginal Estrogen Therapy Use and Survival in Females With Breast Cancer.

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