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How would you approach a postmenopausal woman with Stage I HR+,HER2- breast cancer who had a CVA while on tamoxifen?
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Medical Oncology · Private Practice and Digital Health
A major co-morbidity such as a stroke should prompt a re evaluation of the benefit risk ratio and overall value of adjuvant endocrine therapy, especially for low risk disease. It would be helpful to unpack this situation a little more. How bad is the stroke and how much loss of mobility and performa...
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Medical Oncology · Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center at KishHealth
Switch to Aromatase Inhibitors. A better approach for post-menopausal women regardless.