Can I ask anyone how long after ending radiotherapy &or chemotherapy did you wait to start the hormone therapy for ER+ tumours?
Hi Sharon,
It can vary depending on what your team recommends.
In my case, I was told to start hormone treatment (tamoxifen) the day after radiotherapy was completed. I did not have chemo.
ann x
Hi Sharon,
Do check this out with your team. From what I’ve seen here, it does vary but it’s usually started just after completion of treatment or sometimes before.
What would usually happen is the consultant will write to your GP with the hormone treatment recommendation for the GP to prescribe into the long term. So a chat with your GP to clarify this might be an idea.
If you’re under 60, you are exempted from prescription charges following a cancer diagnosis, so if you haven’t already, do apply for the NHS exemption card, your GP surgery will have the form.
It might be an idea to give the helpline here a ring or post in ‘ask our nurses.’
ann x
I finished chemo in October and started the letrozole a week or so later. I having radiotherapy now so started it before, not after.