Interesting tweets from Breast Cancer Symposium USA @DrAttai: Dr. Giordano - caution in using antidepressants for menopausal symptoms, some may interfere w/tamoxifen. Venlafaxine (effexor) ok #BCS14 @jodyms: Obesity summary: higher BMI is associated with increased risk of BC diagnosis, metastatis and death.” #BCS14 #bccww @DrAttai: Dr. Henry - 30-40% of pts w/known metastatic disease can have normal tumor markers. False sense of security #BCS14 #bcsm” #BCCWW @jrgralow: S Verma: Duration of trastuzumab - no benefit beyond 1 year, still investigating shorter durations. For now 1 year the clear standard....
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 08:24:46 +0000