Ping Eva

I thought you might be interested in this study:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-hfm052907.php

(quote)
Women on tamoxifen therapy who reported having hot flashes were less
likely to develop recurrent breast cancer than those who did not report
hot flashes, according to a study from the Moores Cancer Center at the
University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Moreover, hot flashes were a
stronger predictor of outcome than age, hormone receptor status or even
how advanced the breast cancer was at diagnosis.
(end quote)

Chak

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"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I thought you might be interested in this study:
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-hfm052907.php
>
> (quote)
> Women on tamoxifen therapy who reported having hot flashes were less
> likely to develop recurrent breast cancer than those who did not report
> hot flashes, according to a study from the Moores Cancer Center at the
> University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Moreover, hot flashes were a
> stronger predictor of outcome than age, hormone receptor status or even
> how advanced the breast cancer was at diagnosis.
> (end quote)
>
> Chak
>

Makes sense. Hot flashes are related to low estrogen levels which should
occur if Tamoxifan is working well. E2 pos tumors are kept in check. A
friend, age 39, is on Tamoxifan but isn't experiencing hot flashes and still
having heavy periods.I don't think that's a good sign that her estrogen
levels are still high.

Roseanne

"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I thought you might be interested in this study:
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-hfm052907.php
>
> (quote)
> Women on tamoxifen therapy who reported having hot flashes were less
> likely to develop recurrent breast cancer than those who did not report
> hot flashes, according to a study from the Moores Cancer Center at the
> University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Moreover, hot flashes were a
> stronger predictor of outcome than age, hormone receptor status or even
> how advanced the breast cancer was at diagnosis.
> (end quote)
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Thanks, this is interesting. I personally don't take Tamoxifen; I take
Arimidex, which is also an estrogen blocker but works by a different
mechanism from Tamoxifen. But like Tamoxifen it does cause, or in my case
worsen, hot flashes. So let's hope.

Eva