Managing Side Effects of Estrogen Deprivation in Breast Cancer Patients

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This video examines how to manage the side effects of estrogen deprivation in breast cancer patients, including vaginal dryness and hot flashes.

Treatment with aromatase inhibitors can cause a host of early side effects in breast cancer patients, including vaginal dryness and hot flashes.

In this video Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, discusses management strategies for these early side effects of estrogen deprivation.

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