How do you manage monitoring menopausal status for a premenopausal patient with DCIS on tamoxifen who would likely become post-menopausal during therapy?
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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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Monitoring menopausal status in premenopausal women on tamoxifen is relatively easy, even if the tamoxifen interrupts their menstrual cycles, or they have had a hysterectomy but still have at least 1 ovary. Since tamoxifen doesn't lower estrogen levels the way aromatase inhibitors do, you can simply...
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