What are the medications and procedure after cancer operation?
OLLiE asked:
After breast cancer operation, what medications do you have to attend to? How frequent in a year should you do it? What are the medicines you need to take?
After breast cancer operation, what medications do you have to attend to? How frequent in a year should you do it? What are the medicines you need to take?
5 Responses to “What are the medications and procedure after cancer operation?”
Joe D says:
June 20, 2010 at 9:21 am
That depends on the person, the surgery, the type of disease you have, and your doctor- this is really a question for your doctor- call them today and ask them.
future fate says:
June 21, 2010 at 11:05 pm
I believe Tomoxiphan is the drug of choice these days, which is an estrogen inhibitor.
lo_mcg says:
June 23, 2010 at 6:31 am
It depends on the individual’s cancer - its grade, its stage, any lymph node involvement, whether it’s oestrogen positive or negative, HER positive or negative and more.
In some cases, surgery is all that’s required.
The medical team may recommend chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.
For oestrogen positive breast cancers drugs such as Tamoxifen and Arimidex may be prescribed and are usually taken daily for 5 years.
For HER2+ cancers, hercepin may be given.
There are a large number of other possibilities, depending on the individual and their specific cancer.
I had chemotherapy, 25 sessions of radiotherapy, and I am almost at the end of my 5 years of Arimidex.
I am fit and well with no sign of cancer at my most recent check-up
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Jackie M, you’ve been posting the same advice to several cancer questions; perhaps you can advise me?
I was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. My diet at the time of diagnosis and for many years before? Vegan, largely organic, healthy.
I’ve never smoked. I exercised regularly. I avoided caffeine.
So… what ‘adjustments in my diet and everyday living’ should I have made in order to avoid cancer? And, more interestingly, what adjustments to my diet and lifestyle should I have made to overcome cancer?
Do tell.
Jackie M says:
June 26, 2010 at 9:02 am
The answer to this question is entirely depended on the type of breast cancer and the amount of responsibility the patient wants to take for their own health.
I have had two sisters who have recently gone through breast cancer (one of them twice in the last six years). Both were entirely different situations. The sister who has had two incidences, on the second incidence, refused chemo and radiation entirely (a wise choice as far as I’m concerned).
Having learned from the first operation, she realized how much damage the chemo and radiation caused her immune system and decided after the second operation to fore go these therapies as well as the medications.
Most “medicines” can also be done away with if you do the research and make adjustments in your diet and everyday living. I feel it should not be a “fight against cancer” but a return to a healthier lifestyle!
Many of the things that you need to change (with supporting information/documentation) can be found here:
adam says:
June 26, 2010 at 12:46 pm
find u answer here