I see oncologist on 22feb ,am expecting 15 sessions of radiotherapy. Letrozole can be taken with or without food. Therefore, patient preference, tolerability, and financial constraints should be considered when deciding the optimal treatment approach in this setting. CA-75362, and the Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research of Eastern Switzerland (OSKK).Presented in part at the 31st Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology Conference, September 29-October 3, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.Authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and author contributions are found at the end of this article.We thank the patients, physicians, nurses, and data managers who participated in this clinical trial; Novartis; and the International Breast Cancer Study Group. Femara also has other side effects, but nothing I haven't dealt with before...it's like having menapause all over again. I had same as you. He even ordered the port installed. 5 years of treatment with aromatase inhibitors was not superior to 2 years of tamoxifen followed by 3 years of aromatase inhibitors. He has mentioned radiation a couple of times, and I expect to begin rads following my next appointment with him. More patients in the letrozole group discontinued trial treatment early as a result of an adverse event (12.3% of patients on letrozole and 11.1% of patients on tamoxifen), whereas more patients in the tamoxifen group discontinued treatment early as a result of disease progression (7.9% of patients on letrozole and 11.5% of patients on tamoxifen; Appendix Table A2, online only).We explored various protocol-defined subgroups to identify whether there was any apparent difference in the relative efficacy of letrozole on DFS compared with the overall benefit observed. This analysis is restricted to patients who were randomly assigned to the monotherapy arms. They can prescribe drugs to help control some of them and give you advice about managing them.These are common and are often mild, but this can vary. Enter words / phrases / DOI / ISBN / authors / keywords / etc. Variable: Depends on 1) whether the tumor is estrogen receptor positive, 2) stage of the cancer. The only problem is that it's quite expensive and if I hadn't got the trial I doubt if I would have been able to afford it but still it only takes a little and might be worth you having a try. Regular walking, eating a healthy diet, not smoking and sticking to sensible drinking guidelines will also help to strengthen your bones.You may feel tired, sleepy or feel like you have no energy when you start taking letrozole. Chaudri-Ross, A. Covelli, D.B. Femara will keep well if it is cool and dry. The Femara is to block estrogen to prevent the cancer from growing. I've been using it every couple of days on my dry roots as well if I've had to go out. Doctors sometimes prescribe it before or after you have another type of hormonal therapy drug. It is used to treat breast cancer in … It is important to get the right balance of having enough rest and being physically active.