Lupron as an additional treatment with Tamoxifen?

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The-Might-Blue-Boob
The-Might-Blue-Boob Member Posts: 3
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Is anyone on Lupron to shut down your ovaries to decrease your chance of recurrance while taking Tamoxifen? I just met with my Medical Oncologyst who dropped this on me out of the blue. She never mentioned it in any previous meetings in fact no one had. I just want to know if this is a common treatment type b/c the research is pretty old (pre Oncotype Test).

Based on my low Oncotype score (6) they told me that Chemo would not benefit me and I had to take Tam for 5 years but now they bring this in just after I had an IUD incerted...
Any more information/insights are appreciated.If you know of any recent studies I would love to hear about them.

Thank you!

Amanda

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2012

    Hi Amanda,

    We have no recent studies at hand, but can point you to some great information on the main Breastcancer.org site that you may find helpful:

    Hope you find this helpful while you wait for the perspective of your fellow community members!

    --The Mods

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  • The-Might-Blue-Boob
    The-Might-Blue-Boob Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2012

    Thanks.

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  • Hipline
    Hipline Member Posts: 195
    edited June 2012

    I did find out that after a year on Tamoxifen I had developed ovarian cysts. We are watching them, hoping they go away and if not will consider some treatment options. But I am 4 months away from being declared officially in menopause and I plan to switch to an aromotase inhibitor.

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  • Truffles
    Truffles Member Posts: 13
    edited July 2012

    Hi Amanda - There's a big multicenter trial going on right now examining whether ER+ patients who don't get chemo do better on 5 years of tamoxifen alone or 5 years of tamoxifen AND ovarian suppression (Lupron). I don't think the results are in yet, but the fact they're doing this big trial with many large cancer centers (I heard about it at Dana Farber) hopefully reassures you that it's a reasonable thing to consider. Especially if you're young, doing the most possible to prevent hormonal stimulation of tumor cells does make some sense, but of course the decision is very personal between you and your onc!

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