Re: Breast cancer and Atrophic Vaginitis

From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com)
Wed May 4 21:57:52 2005


I have a local oncologist who has a hissy fit over this issue.

Right now I have a 46(ish) yo woman 6 years S/P estrogen receptor negative breast cancer (had 23 nodes positive) who has been told she should not use any estrogen ever - not even the vagifem ("because even some of that gets absorbed").

She and I have had a nice long talk about this and She and I agree whe should not have to give up sex - she very much misses it - and will probably go ahead with the Vagifem anywho - but it is a REAL pain that there are still so many oncologists and surgeons who are worse than the Spanish Inquisition about it!

Joanne

At Wed, 4 May 2005, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote: >
>I prescribe this all the time for breast cancer patients who are
>menopausal, including my wife :).
>
>Many are literally terrified when you say "estrogen." I tell them it is
>no big deal, and you need to have a life.
>
>Garry
>
>At Wed, 4 May 2005, Larry Glazerman wrote:
>>
>>I'd seriously consider Vagifem (no evidence of systemic absorption)
>>
>>--
>>Larry R. Glazerman, MD
>>Ob-Gyn at Trexlertown, PC
>>610-402-0161
>>l.glazerman@rcn.com
>>

--
Joanne Bulley, MD
Keene, NH, USA




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