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In women in whom you suspect chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea and are required to start an AI, what is your strategy with regard to ovarian suppression?

I.e. either for treatment of high-risk disease or intolerance/contraindication to tamoxifen. Will you continue it for the full 5 year course?
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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For patients who were premenopausal at the time of breast cancer diagnosis (or shortly before) and who cease menses either spontaneously or due to chemotherapy, many will continue to have ovarian production of estrogen without periods, or resume periods for up to 2 years (and sometimes after even lo...

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