can you have xeloda and hormone treatment together?

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Hi

Just wondering if anyone is on xeloda and also a hormone treatment? I am about to start xeloda on wednesday and i am convinced the ai - exemestane was actually slowing the growth of my liver tumours, but the onc says as the largest tumour has reached 3cm i am now to have chemo.

i said can i take the ai as well as xeloda and was told they interact and that the ai had failed so not worth taking - but i am positive it was working and the tumour had been growing at the rate of 6.5mm a month and in the last 8 weeks between scans whilst starting on exemestane it went to only growin 4mm (so 2mm a month!) so dramatically slowed. the onc says tumours dont steadily grow but im not so sure.

be grateful for your comments.

thank you xx

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Hi Zippy, I am on xeloda and am ER positive. When I went onto xedloda (about four months ago) I asked about combining a hormonal treatment with xeloda and told by docs at the Marsden definitely not. Apparently xeloda works best without hormone manipulation, and to introduce one could hinder the success of xeloda.

I have had good results on xeloda so far - shrinkage of largest liver met from 3cm to 1cm and hope that things continue for some time!

Hope your treatment goes well.

Deirdre