So I emailed Dr. Litton's nurse. This is what she said, "Per Dr. Litton: The ATLAS study and the group of women who participated does not apply to your situation and I am not recommending further tamoxifen at this time." I received this 1/10/13 at 4:27pm. I responded with questions concerning the study group but never got a response.
I researched online and discovered that roughly 12,000 people were in the study. 6,000 took Tamoxifen for 5 years and the other 6,000 took it for 10 years. Roughly 20% were diagnosed at 45 and younger so about 1,200 women per study group. What I haven't been about to find out is everything else. How highly estrogen were they? How compliant were they? Did they exercise? Did they eat clean? Did they have chemo? Were any node positive?
I have a lot more questions but will see Dr. H soon. The biggest thing I can try to control is my weight, alcohol and sugar consumption. To be continued.
