Estrogen blocker
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Two things if this nasty beast rears its ugly face will I have symptoms leading up to the rise in my CA. 2nd I am trying to be on an estrogen blocker as it was estrogen positive, currently trying Arimidex as fumara gave me too much pain have you tried these drugs right after chemo and with any luck. We are also looking at it as preventive for breast cancer. I am 54 years old and doing well.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago and has been on Tamoxifan. A month ago, I had an uterus ultrasound and it showed that my fibryo has grown 3 inches from last year. My ob/gyn had me to do some additional blood work which shows that my estrogen level is very high regardless I'm taking the estrogen blocker med Tamoxifan. Therefore, she recommended me I should consider a surgery to take out both of my ovaries and uterus at the same time.
HRT usually means hormone replacement therapy. Was your tumor estrogen or progesterone positive? After a breast cancer diagnosis female hormones are generally avoided. If you don't have chemo (oncotype dx recurrence score of 8% is low) the usual recommendation is an AI (aromatase inhibitor) 'estrogen blocker' such as Aromatase or Arimidex.
(through his nurse) about hormone blocker pills he says no , i have asked him for my pro/est. receptor sites results from my (6 lb. tumor) surgery, 11/01/05 he says there was no positive results, I just finished 6 rounds of doxil and my ca125 is 108 , i asked him whats the next plan he says i need to come in for a talk , i said i need to drive 3 hours for a talk, his nurse promised he would call me to answer some questions about whats next he never called. what do you think ?? my dr.
Tomoxifan is a estrogen hormone blocker. Most dcis is estrogen postive, however mine did happen to be negative. Blocking the estrogen has proven to decrease the chances of the dcis from returning. Once her lumpectomy is completed, I'm sure she will have a follow up appointment with an oncologist which will discuss her options. Don't worry, the prognosis for DCIS is excellent with treatment.
The biopsy report indicates that it is 45-50% estrogen receptor positive but negative for Progesterone and Negative for Her2. Oncologist wants me to have radiation followed by Chemo as he says Hormonal blocker will not work on this type of cancer. What are your thoughts? Anyone with the same problem?
Headaches in women, particularly migraines, have been related to changes in the levels of the female hormone estrogen during a woman's menstrual cycle. Estrogen levels drop immediately before the start of the menstrual flow.
Premenstrual migraines regularly occur during or after the time when the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, decrease to their lowest levels.
tamoxifen; or with aromatase inhibitors like arimidex. For patients with functioning ovaries which produces estrogen, the best strategy is to block the estrogen receptor in the tumor. Aromatase inhibitors only block estrogen production in the adrenal glands and these drugs will not be of benefit for patients with still functioning ovaries (since these drugs will not suppress ovarian estrogen production).
The appointment you speak of is no doubt with the Oncologist and the medication may well be Tamoxifen which is an Estrogen blocker and used to decrease the future cancer risk. There are some things recommended for Fibrocystic Breast Disease which is related to the production of Estrogen. One is the avoidance of caffeine and there are some vitamin suppliments that may help but of course Tamoxifen is the standard for blocking the production of Estrogen.
So I have the same thing, the only difference is that I was taking some supplements ex. testostorone activators perhaps you should look into some estrogen blocker. It sounds to me that you have a ball of estrogen which is a hormone which to much of it can result in boobs or a ball under your usually your left nipple, don't try to squeeze it out you'll just produce more of it.
She has a choice of three different ones two of them are estrogen receptor blocker‘s, The other one is and estrogen production blocker.
I would love some help if from anyone that has had experience with this in their own life or a medical professional. She was really blindsided by the prospect of oral chemo meds for 5 years. She has a demanding full-time job. Exhausted when she comes home and I’m just trying to fill in some gaps that I can share with her.
Hi Mary ... I was so glad to see your post. After my second surgery I had my tumors tested for estrogen. ER+ means that they are receptive to estrogen and PR- means progesterone(sp.?) negative. I'm not real sure what the combination means. I have a conference with my doctor May 6th to discuss treatment options. Some sort of maintenance treatment. He mentioned Tamoxifen. That is an estrogen blocker (I think). I'm still learning. There is also another drug called femara.
I think most of us females notice this, Jeff on the skipping hearts website put together a very good article that explains the process. If you google skipping hearts and look on the front page his article is there explaining it all and he has some great references that has a bit more reading.
I haven't read the article in awhile but I think it has more to do with progesterone if memory serves me right...
Letrozole is an estrogen blocker per se, prevents the conversion of the body's male hormones to estrogen and therefore slows maturation of the bones,It is used in breast cancer and tends to lower the body's estrogen and may raise testosterone levels, it is sometimes used with growth hormone. however it can also affect the liver and use of it is controversial in regards to its true benefit.
I wondered about the connection between Evista and Ovarian cysts which have also been mentioned "together". However upon further researching and talking with my Gyn., no real correlation has been found. Also, Evista is an Estrogen "blocker" . It has been shown actually to prevent some types of breast cancer..I was placed on Evista 8 years ago after some suspicious mammograms , which fortunately turned out to be nothing.
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