Q. I’m devastated… I’ve had a recurrence, and it’s not just local–it’s metastatic. One of the things my oncologist said I have to do is take Faslodex. Can you tell me something about it?
A. Faslodex (fulvestrant) is the next step after tamoxifen for some of us. It’s for postmenopausal women with ER/PR-receptive breast cancer that hasn’t responded to an anti-estrogen drug (primarily tamoxifen), or that has stopped responding to that kind of drug.
Faslodex does three different...
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