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Greater than 5 years. This resource was developed, reviewed or revised more than 5 years ago and may no longer reflect current evidence or best practice.

Some side effects are common to all hormonal therapies, and some only happen with certain therapies.

Everyone is different in how they respond to treatment. For some of the newer drugs, such as aromatase inhibitors, we do not yet know all the long-term side effects.

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