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Is It A Must To Take Femara For Small Tumor?
I have stage 1a invasive ducal carcinoma intermediate ,very small. margins & sentinel node ck showed no spread. Tumor was extremely small less than 6 or less than 1/8 inch. Received radiation but now oncologist wants me to take Femara. I am reluctant. She ran my stats and benefits of taking don t seem percentage wise much better than not taking when you consider my age 71 the fact I have osteopenia but otherwise I am healthy and have no other medical issues!
Thu, 28 Aug 2014
Taking femara is better than leaving out on the small percentage of benefit.
If you take chance then you are adding that chance to recuurence and recieving chemotherapy in the future.
If you take chance then you are adding that chance to recuurence and recieving chemotherapy in the future.
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