Breast cancer in the age of COVID-19

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COVID-19 may be everywhere, but my breast cancer treatments do not stop.

This week is number five of my six scheduled Zometa treatments (over three years).

Zoledronic acid, member of a class of medications called bisphosphonates, is used to prevent or treat osteoporosis. Breast cancer patients who are taking aromatase inhibitors (which decrease estrogen levels) are at increased risk of bone loss.

But first I have to test negative for SARS-CoV-2.

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