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Breast Cancer (Expert Forum)
Tamoxifen
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Tamoxifen
by dannrose, Jul 26, 2001 12:00AM
I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer a year ago May. I was premenapausal at the time. I had a mastectomy and four rounds of chemo. I then started on Tamoxifen. A few weeks ago I had a complete hysterectomy because of a tumor on my ovary and because of my history with breast cancer. The was no cancer found. Yesterday my oncologist suggested that I can stop taking the Tamoxifen because of me having the hysterectomy. I understand that the purpose of the Tamoxifen is to block estrogen and now I am not producing estrogen. Does this sound right?
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-JS, Jul 30, 2001 12:00AM
Dear Dannrose, The majority of estrogen production does happen in pre-menopausal women through the ovaries. In selected instances the ovaries of pre-menopausal women are removed to decrease the amount of estrogen production. Estrogen can still be produced in small amounts, and has been stored in body fat so there is still a small amount of estrogen available in the body.
