I was supposed to be on the 10 year program with tamoxifen but just recently discontinued it after 7 1/2 years. I had been on the name brand Nolvadex but they discontinued manufacturing it. After a very unsuccessful re-attempt with the generic brand for 2 weeks (the side effects were crippling me!), my oncologist and I agreed to stop altogether.

Can you comment on switching to an AI after Tamoxifen or switching to Tamoxifen after an AI for a total of 7-10years. It seems to me that this is done a lot. Do they work well consecutively? Do people switch mainly to avoid the risk of serious side effects from taking one or the other for more than 5 years? Seems to me that more and more ladies are being told to go longer on endocrine treatment. I was recently “warned” that instead of 5 years on Tamoxifen as planned, I am very likely looking at 10 now, possibly switching to an AI. This is due to new research results coming in the past 3 years since I was diagnosed indicating that 10 years is better than 5 (even for my stage 1 grade 2 no node ILC. ). Thanks for any clarification Dr Liz!

I had 30mm DCIS ER8 PR7 HER negative oncotype 15 so no chemotherapy. My oncologist has put me on tamoxifen 10yrs. Im trying to understand why so many years

What is classed as large? I had 44mm grade 3 IDC, clear nodes, oncotype 2. No chemo but radiotherapy. I've been told low risk but have not been told how long for yet.

@DrLizORiordan

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>5cm