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Diagnosis was stage 1 grade 2 estrogen and progesterone receptor positive, hers2? negative, with no lymph node involvement. I was also diagnosed with DCIS and LCIS. I had a partial mastectomy and 3 weeks of radiation treatment before starting the anastrozole. I also had stage 3 lung cancer with chemo and radiation to the same side and area as the breast cancer 7 years prior.
Thank you, I will talk with him about it. I'm so sorry to hear that you have been through it so many times. My prayers are with you.
That's a question for your oncologist. Realistically though you are a 2 time cancer patient so your odds might be higher than if you never had both lung and breast cancer. That's how it is for me. I'm a 6 time cancer patient now. Twice with breast and 4 times with endometrial so I'm higher risk for new cancers. In my case the question is when, not if I will get csncer again. Talk to your doctor about it. Maybe another AI will agree with you better or a lower dose of the one you are taking now.
That's a really important question, and given how complex your medical history is, it deserves a thoughtful answer. Unfortunately, there's no simple percentage that can be given here — the risk of recurrence if stopping anastrozole early depends on many individual factors that only your oncologist can properly assess.
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