Letrozole yes or no - any opinions on delaying chemo until after holiday?

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Hi.  I'm due to go abroad on holiday and didn't want to start chemotherapy until after I come back. Which has been booked 6 months ago.

Oncologist agreed at first and then said I need to start taking letrozole now to give me some protection.as I have a complicated diagnosis of different types of cancer.  I don't want to have side effect or be ill while I'm away. The Oncologist said it was my decision as to whether i take them or not.

Any advice would be helpful.  

  • Hi Gillp, 

    my oncologist wouldn’t let me start Letrozole until I had finished chemo. He said Letrozole can assist the cancer cells to hide from the chemo. I have had very few problems from Letrozole too. 

  • Thankyou, it just seems weird that we are given letrizole to stop anything growing, then told to stop until chemo finished.  

    I'll do as I'm told.