femara ovarian cancer

Im in recurrence of OVCA after 15thms. did chemo and avastin trial. Thank you.

I had a double masectomy 1-1/2 years ago and have finished chemo treatments in April of 08 and now I am on Femara for about a year. My question is can I get a recurrence of cancer of some sort (i know it won't be breast) while I'm actually still using Femara?

When I take chemo, my CA125 gets higher. So, I hope the Femara works for you. If your cancer is like mine, you are lucky, and Femara will help. I live a normal life until the med wears off, about every two years. I have had no side effects that I am aware of.

I was wondering if any of you ladies had taken femara and if it shortened or lengthened your cycles?

The correlation between breast cancer and estrogen related ovarian cancer is being studied, and the theory is if they work for breast cancer patients, they may work for estrogen related ovarian cancer, as well. For me, Aromasin has kept my cancer stable for the last 9 months. I encourage you and your mom to speak to her doctor regarding trying a different Aromatase Inhibiter IF Femara doesn't seem to work for her, or causes side effects.

These drugs are very new and thus far had been used only with breast cancer patients. Aromasin is now in clinical trials for ovarian cancer recurrence. I did not wait to see the outcome of the trials; I got a prescription for it and have been on it for almost a year. It cuts the estrogen production in the body, so that if your cancer is estrogen receptive, it's less likely that it will recur. I'm hoping for the best, because the side effects are kinda tough.

Only 1/3 of women with estrogen receptor positive ovarian cancer response to Femara so your mom is fortunate in that. I'd stick with it for now since it seems to be working and "save" other treatments in case she needs them. Hope she will not and will continue to do well.

I had Stage 4 ovarian cancer last year with great results, but I now have a "thickening" that the oncologist is watching she decided to be pro-active and placed me on the generic form of tamoxifin which it turns out I am very sensitive to, as I explained to the doctor, If I continue on this medication I will also need a flea collar. The itching is terrible, I went off of it twice now and tried to restart it again with the same results.

Hi there, I know there is an increased risk of ovarian cancer when one has had breast cancer. Although 95% of cysts are benign even with septations and vascular flow (mine had this) I would stay on top of this if I were you. With your history, I would consult a gyn/onc for an opinion and treatment if that is necessary. They will probably repeat the ultrasound in 4-6 weeks to see if there is any change.

I knew someone who was stage IV and she survived for 9 years on femara.....these are breast cancer drugs and sometimes help if the cancer is estrogen receptive. I do not know why waiting another month for the scan would make a difference, but, that is the doctor's choice. She has been off of chemo for some time, I am surprised that he will not start another chemo regimen, but, every doctor is different. Best of luck to you and your mom.

I was 26 when I discovered I had ovarian cancer. I had a foot long tumor on my ovary which turned out to be a juvenile granulosa cell tumor. My tumor burst on the operating table and they performed a complete hysterectomy removing both ovaries as well. The tumor board recommended chemotherapy so 2 months after my first surgery I started chemo. The chemotherapy included sisplaytin, if I'm spelling that correctly, and it was quite harsh .

ve NEVER heard of them leaving the ovaries after Ovarian Cancer is diagnosed. Please see another doctor for another opinion. I hope you ARE seeing an GYN/Oncologist for this problem.

hi my name is jamie I am 28 years old and live with my mom lori who is 59 and has 3c ovarian cancer had surgery a year ago and deceided no chemo or nothing she has been doing great no problems at all untill lately. bloating lil bit of pain its the tumor again another one . so the doctor said maybe tomoxifn . my question is should she try it . its for breast cancer and she has ovarian but does it help her or hurt her more possibly>?? also blood clots>??? possible side effect>??

ve done two cycles of Femara..lots of follicles but no pregnancy. I have ovarian cysts too. I am starting injectables in April.

The trade off is that it does appear affective in terms of prolonging recurrence. As ovarian cancer has such a high recurrence rate, you and your doctor will need to do a risk to benefit analysis regarding what you are experiencing and the desired effect of maintaining your remission. This study talks about the efficacy of using letrozole (femara) in this way. https://www.onclive.com/view/letrozole-maintenance-therapy-improves-rfs-in-ovarian-cancer- 2.

yes i do have pcos, I have already taken 5 rounds of clomid with metformin and have yet to ovulate. I had ovarian drilling two weeks ago and i am suppose to start femara soon.

I just finished my 5th cycle of clomid (waiting for af to show..got negative beta on Wed.). My lining was so thin last cycle (4.2 on day of trigger) that my RE took me off the clomid. I asked about doing femara for this next cycle but she doesn't use it in her practice anymore because she had low success rates with it.

this is commonly done for women who have experienced breast cancer and there is good data to show that this reduces recurrences in breast cancer. the data for ovarian cancer is not so clear. There definitely are side effects to femara! Tamoxifen usually gives the least side effects but Arimidex may be OK as well. For women with BRCA1 mutation, there is good information to suggest that a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy is the best risk reducing intervention.

s seem to be the choice for me at the moment (I actually have Ovarian cancer, not Breast Cancer. But my doc wants to treat as if I do have Breast Cacer because of the relation to estrogen). But, I have noticed more and more pain the longer I take it. My ankles, legs, knees, arms and wrists get so stiff and sore, and I feel like I'm 90 when I try to get up. I have oral pain meds...Lortab...

I have had low grade ovarian cancer for 14 years. I had a hysterectomy in 1994. I have had chemo three times and each time my ca125 gets higher. My cancer has been controlled all these years with anti estrogens. Lately my Onco/gyno has left me on Tamoxifen when in the past I would take Arimidex when the Tamoxifen ran out. Whenever it runs out I fill up with ascites. It is usually honey colored when it is drained. This time it was a deep red.

Thank you I ov early this cycle thanks to femara I O on cycle day 11 is that normal with femara? I am hoping since I had mu ovarian drilling done in OCt of this year that the femara will help to O better.

The doctors I saw at MDA suggested Femara as the first thing to try for estrogen receptor positive low-grade cancer. I asked them about Tamoxifen and they said they see much better results with the aromatase inhibitors. The doctor I see at Sloan Kettering has no idea that I went to MDA. When I told her I wanted to stop chemo for awhile and try a hormonal therapy she suggested Femara as the first thing to try. I asked her why start with Femara and not Tamoxifen.

she also said that my doc only does 6cycle of clomid b/c you should only have 12 cycles total in your life b/c it can dramatically chance your ovaries and increase your chances of ovarian cancer. So she said that after we do 3 more cycles of clomid and if we don't get pregnant then he would suggest injectables and a tube dye study. I asked about IUI and she said that the clomid is making me o so that my doc didn't think IUI would do much more then what we are already doing.

Statistical analysis showed that during the 25 years of follow-up, women who had removal of normal ovaries had a higher all-cause mortality rate, mainly from coronary heart disease and lung cancer. Although there was a lower incidence of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and in fact all cancers in the women who had their ovaries removed, the risk of death from cancer was higher. At no stage of the study was survival higher for the women whose ovaries were removed.

yea it seems that I have both ovarian and a breast cyst. I had been to the clinic in july when I found the breast lump, the PA couldn't feel it but ordered an u/s--which only checked the area that i could feel it (I can only feel it when i'm sitting up (and am very sm busted so there's not much tissue to hide anything)) The dr is able to feel it when i'm lying down and says the "cyst" is in a different location when i'm lying down.

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