Why women quit breast cancer drugs early: Side effects are so bad women end treatment and risk return of cancer, study finds
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Why do so many postmenopausal women who are treated for estrogen-sensitive breast cancer quit using drugs that help prevent the disease from recurring? The first study to ask the women themselves reports 36 percent of women quit early because of the medications' side effects, which are more severe and widespread than previously known. The research also reveals a big gap between what women tell their doctors about side effects and what they actually experience.
