I’ve been on Ibrance and Anastrozole for the last 6 years for metastatic endometrial cancer. I started out on the Ibrance125 mg and after a couple of years, had a problem recovering on the week off, so my dose was reduced to 100 mg. By spring this year, the counts could not recover on the week off, so I ended taking more and more time off. One cycle I had to stop at the end of the second week. My Dr was out of town and no one change my dosage. When my Dr came back, he still didn’t want to change my dosage.
In Sept, I had a recurrence. So for the month of September, no Ibrance - just Anastrozole while I received radiation at the recurrence site and also got a lung biopsy. The results were that the cancer was so not solid and there was not enough for molecular sequencing nor a ctDNA. The lung biopsy came back not cancer and not solid.
Since there is no proof that there are any molecular changes, I was put back on Ibrance 100 mg. Again, I had to take 2 weeks off at the end of the cycle. And the Dr insisted that we try this dose for one more cycle. Again 2 weeks off. So he finally switched me to the 75 mg dose.
At the Dec scan, the lung nodule had more uptake. Biopsy happened a week and a half ago. Now it’s the same cancer. I am on 75 mg of Ibrance until the molecular testing comes back and says otherwise.
I’m a bit conflicted. I believe the cancer recurred because I was off of it for too long (Dr agrees). On one hand, I’d rather stay on Ibrance and the ai as long as my blood counts recover between cycles. It has few other side effects (and one good one - keeping the gray hairs away). On the other hand, it could be not enough Ibrance to keep the cancer away. It might be better to go on fulestrant or imlunestrant now as a precaution.
Has anyone been in this position?