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My breast cancer spread to my lymph nodes. Can FEMARA help reduce my risk of cancer coming back?

April 26, 2017breast cancer cancer coming femara help lymph nodes reduce risk spread

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My breast cancer spread to my lymph nodes. Can FEMARA help reduce my risk of cancer coming back?

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For women whose cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, the risk of relapse may be more significant. Oncologists may recommend FEMARA due to results from a clinical trial which showed that FEMARA was more effective than tamoxifen by 29% at reducing the risk of cancer returning in women with node-positive breast cancer1. 185 out of 1,660 (11.1%) patients taking FEMARA recurred versus 247 out of 1,651 (15%) patients taking tamoxifen.