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Arlgros
09/04/08

For hormone receptor positive breast cancer ,how effective is Femara when cancer has spread?

My sister has been diagnoised with hormone receptor positive breast cancer. They have found cancer cells in spine and lymph nodes. She has been given Femara to stop the cancer. How long will this take and how effective is this drug in ridding the body competely of cancer cells. She has been given a…

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