Hot Flashes, Night Sweats a Good Sign for Breast Cancer Patients
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29 — Hot flashes, night sweats and joint symptoms in breast cancer patients getting endocrine treatment are signs of estrogen depletion or blockage and may point to successful treatment, British researchers report.
They compared women who reported these symptoms and those who didn’t mention such symptoms at their first follow-up visit during a trial assessing tamoxifen or anastrozole for adjuvant therapy of postmenopausal breast cancer.