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In a patient with HR+ breast cancer who is not able to tolerate adjuvant AI or standard dose tamoxifen due to side effects, would you consider a lower dose of tamoxifen?

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Medical Oncology · H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida
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Since we don't have data on the efficacy of low dose tamoxifen for treatment of invasive cancer, this would be a last resort. The TAM01 trial showed 5mg of tamoxifen was better than placebo for preventing recurrence in women with intraepithelial lesions. Anecdotally, I have had an occasional early s...

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