How would you approach adjuvant endocrine therapy after excision of a hormone positive recurrence after mastectomy who finished 5 years of aromatase inhibitor for the same primary tumor?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
The key question is whether this is an endocrine-sensitive or endocrine-resistant disease. If this recurrence happened after discontinuation of endocrine therapy, then most likely it is because of withdrawing therapy that was effectively suppressing the disease. This is not an uncommon scenario, and...
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Medical Oncologist at Berkshire Hem Onc PC Is it really “adjuvant” therapy after ...
Medical Oncologist at Private Practice and Digital Health You are right, it’s not technically adjuvant...
Is it really “adjuvant” therapy after ...
You are right, it’s not technically adjuvant...