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Re: Any relationship between Raloxifene and Ovarian Cancer? From: Gail Waldby MD (gwaldby@willinet.net) Wed Jan 26 16:23:49 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Luis Sanchez-Ramos, MD: "Re: FW: Wired News : FDA Panel Backs Fetal Monitor" Previous message: Yvonne Fried, M.D.: "Any relationship between Raloxifene and Ovarian Cancer?" Maybe in reply to: Yvonne Fried, M.D.: "Any relationship between Raloxifene and Ovarian Cancer?" It sounds like one of the genetic breast ovarian cancer families. I would start by referring her to a good geneticist. It would be helpful to have actual tissue from her mother and sister's cancer. Gail Waldby, MD Huron Clinic SD "Yvonne Fried, M.D." wrote: > > My patient, a 57 year old white female, has 2 first degree relatives > with breast cancer (mother and sister). Her mother also developed > ovarian cancer from which she subsequently died. My patient believes > that the ovarian cancer was the same "tissue type" as the breast cancer. > However, she never understood whether the ovarian cancer was actually > breast cancer which was metastatic to the ovary. The pathologist was > asked this question specifically, but could not give a definitive > answer. > > The patient does not want to take any estrogen. She doesn't want to > take Tamoxifen because of the increased risks of endometrial cancer. > > She feels that raloxifene is a better drug for her but she had read (in > the paper that accompanies the drug) that there may be an association > between raloxifene and ovarian cancer. If this were in fact true, she > would consider a laparoscopic oophorectomy prior to taking raloxifene. > > Anyone have any comments or thoughts? > > Thanking you in advance for your help..... > > Yvonne Fried, M.D. > Ashland Center for Women's Health > Ashland, Oregon 97520 > hcw@mind.net Next message: Luis Sanchez-Ramos, MD: "Re: FW: Wired News : FDA Panel Backs Fetal Monitor" Previous message: Yvonne Fried, M.D.: "Any relationship between Raloxifene and Ovarian Cancer?" Maybe in reply to: Yvonne Fried, M.D.: "Any relationship between Raloxifene and Ovarian Cancer?"

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