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How long will I have to take (anastrozole) arimidex or other hormonal therapies?

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Anastrozole (Arimidex) Drugs Breast Cancer Hormonal Therapy Hormonal Therapy Medications Medications Breast Cancer Medications Menopause

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StevenTuckerMD (Physician - Oncology - Hematology/Oncology (Verified) ) - 04 / 01 / 2012

Assuming you are talking about adjuvant therapy here, the answer is split into pre and post menopausal women. Most premenopausal women are asked to start on Tamoxifen but some may get an AI plus a zoladex shot (to make them postmenopausal). In that case, the advice is 5 years. If you are premenopausal and start on Tamoxifen but then become postmenopausal, you may be switched to an AI for 5 years after 5 years of tamoxifen.

For postmenopausal women, it is typically 5 years of an AI only OR it could be 5 years of an AI AFTER 5 years of tamoxifen.

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