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Home > I was diagnosed with DCIS of my left breast, had a lumpectomy in 2014. I was told that I had to take tamoxifen for 5yrs. I started taking it in March of 1015 because my breast surgeon recommended it to me since I was at "high risk" of getting it again

I was diagnosed with DCIS of my left breast, had a lumpectomy in 2014. I was told that I had to take tamoxifen for 5yrs. I started taking it in March of 1015 because my breast surgeon recommended it to me since I was at "high risk" of getting it again

By Anonymous
Created 08/27/2017 - 21:56

I didn't have to have chemo or radiation, just the tamoxifen for 5yrs. Well my oncologist took me off of it last week because I'm taking Paxil and he said that I have nothing to worry about. What do I do about this? Do I continue with the tamoxifen OR follow the oncologist orders?

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