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Started Period Day 16 After Taking Femara
Pronounced: (LET-tro-zole)
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This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer) in women after menopause. Letrozole is also used to help prevent the cancer from returning. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Letrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers.
Letrozole is usually not...
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Source: Breastcancer.org
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Source: Breastcancer.org
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