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Oral Breast Cancer Therapies: Issues With Adherence

Which of the following patients is most likely to adhere to her oral tamoxifen regimen?

A woman at high risk for disease who is receiving preventive therapy

A woman who is receiving adjuvant therapy

A woman who is being treated for metastatic disease
A 61-year-old woman with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer metastatic to her liver was prescribed oral capecitabine 1500 mg twice a day after she progressed on several hormonal regimens. Three months later, her CT scan shows that her largest liver lesions increased from 2 to 4 cm in size, but she is feeling well. Which of the following should be your first step?

Add a targeted therapy to her regimen

Augment the dose for capecitabine

Discontinue capecitabine

Inquire as to when she takes capecitabine