Will delayed hormonal therapy cause a recurrence?

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DogLovers1992
DogLovers1992 Member Posts: 12
edited February 2018 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

Hi!

Just a quick question, I'm sorry for being a bother.

Can the start of hormonal therapy being delayed cause a recurrence? My mom was supposed to start Femara about a month ago and she had a flare up of a recurring problem that started post menopausal bleeding. Of course she had to go through a bunch of tests to make sure she wasn't dealing with uterine cancer (everything came back benign - the problem was cervical polyps) but now she's on progesterin to dry up her bleeding and she cannot start her Femara while still on that. Her doctor told her she had 90-120 days since her radiation to get started on the hormonal therapy and we're coming up on the end of that time frame. The doctor has got her coming in today for blood tests to see how much of the progesterin is in her system and she also seems to be worried because my mother is cutting it really close here.

She has a mammogram at the end of next month, for her 18 month check up. Is there a chance of a recurrence this early since the femara has been delayed so long? Thank you.

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited February 2018

    I never really understand that hard and fast rule about when to start hormonal therapy. I started Tamoxifen for ten days, quit due to side effects and pstd, and started again a year late. My onc was fine with it and figured better late than never. I mean what if I’d found the cancer a few months later than I actually did. Of course it is better to get going, but sometimes it doesn’t happen that way.


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  • DogLovers1992
    DogLovers1992 Member Posts: 12
    edited February 2018

    Farmerlucy, That is a big relief to hear actually. I think I am just getting a little nervous since her next mammogram is in five weeks and she is FINALLY feeling close to her old self again and I just want her to be okay. Thank you for responding!

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited February 2018

    You know I see alot of people both er and pr positive getting chemo then 6 months to a year down the road get hormone therapy. I think some doctors just don't believe hormone therapy to be effective at killing cancer cells but it just isn't true. Chemo is great at indiscriminatly killing fast growing cells but not all cancers are responsive.

    I was happy to start my AI treatment just a month after surgery. I believe it kept my cancer at bay.

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