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Psychological Support Questions about support for the mental aspects of breast cancer & treatement. |
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| 7/14/2010 | My psychologist has recently put me on Depakote and I found an article from 2004 JOhn Hopkins that stated that there is evidence that valporic acid may increase the risk of invasive breast cancer. I am postmenopausal. 1 year out of ER positive, Stage I breast cancer. Should I be concerned? should I show my psych doctor the article or is it outdated? | ||
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| 7/15/2010 | show the article to your doctor. the article was posted on our website inside Artemis, our electronic medical journal. the research however was conducted at Duke Medical Center so your doctor might want to visit Duke's website for more information as to whether this study still bears concern. | ||
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