Aromatase inhibitors work to lower your levels of estrogen. These oral meds are usually taken once a day. They include the drugs letrozole (Femara), anastrozole (Arimidex), and exemestane (Aromasin).

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year-old female and a 25-year survivor of ovarian cancer. In the past three years, I have also had Merkel cell cancer, breast cancer, and now squamous cell cancer on my lip.

How many, if any, cases of nervous system disorders have been reported because of A-C breast cancer chemotherapy? I'm 45 and had treatment at 39 and 40. I now experience a very exaggerated amount of ...

Hormone therapy for breast cancer – such as tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors – can help prevent the cancer from coming back. If you have side effects, these things may help.

The large adjuvant trials of AIs for breast cancer treatment 6-8 reported large variability in reports of musculoskeletal disorders, with rates of patients on AIs ranging from 5% to 35%. In the ...

HR-positive/HER2-negative is the most common subtype of breast cancer in women. HR-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast ...

I have been on an aromatase inhibitor for the past eight months and have side effects that keep me from having a good quality of life. I am supposed to be on it for five years, but I do not want ...

Today’s standard first-line care combines an aromatase inhibitor with one of three CDK4/6 inhibitors (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib). These drugs slow cancer growth by putting the cell ...

Kisqali is prescribed in combination with certain other medications, including Faslodex (fulvestrant) or some aromatase inhibitor drugs. Kisqali is not approved to be used on its own.

Aromatase inhibitors: Drugs that inhibit the enzyme aromatase, thereby reducing oestrogen production in postmenopausal women and slowing the growth of hormone receptor–positive breast cancer.

I have been on an aromatase inhibitor for the past eight months and have side effects that keep me from having a good quality of life. I am supposed to be on it for five years, but I do not want to ...