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Advances in treatment for premenopausal women?

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Question from Naomime: Almost every day I read of advances in breast cancer research, but they always seem to be for postmenopausal women. What is being done for premenopausal women, like my daughter who was diagnosed at 36 years old, and suffers severe side effects from the drugs available to her?
Answer —Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H.: The tumor biology in premenopausal women is often the ER-negative cancer. So much of what we talked about earlier applies to a discussion of advances in premenopausal women. It sounds as if your daughter is experiencing a lot of side effects with treatment and we know that younger women can often have a harder treatment; for example, nausea. It's hard sometimes for patients to speak up to their doctors and let them know just how uncomfortable they are on treatment, but I suspect that your daughter's doctor could work with her to make her treatment better in her case. So I would encourage her to be very clear about her symptoms.

On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Updates from the 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting. Nicholas Robert, M.D. and moderator Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. answered your questions about recent advances in breast cancer treatment, updates on breast cancer genetics, information on diet and risk of recurrence, and more.

The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.

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Nicholas Robert, M.D.Nicholas Robert, M.D. is a co-chair of the Breast Committee of the U.S. Oncology Research Network and also chairs the Cancer Committee and Research Committee of the Inova Fairfax Hospital's Cancer Center. 

Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H.Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer, with a a special interest in cancer survivorship, patient-physician communication, and quality of care for women with breast cancer.

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