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Androgen level affected by chemo?
- Question from Jayline: How do you know if your androgen level has been affected by chemo?
- Answers —Leslie Schover, Ph.D.: You can actually have a blood test that will tell your free and total testosterone level. It has been very popular lately to give women replacement androgens. I would be very careful about using testosterone after breast cancer and certainly think that a woman should have a blood test first showing that her own testosterone is almost down to zero.
- Marisa Weiss, M.D., Breastcancer.org president and founder: Androgen replacement usually only involves a little bit of androgen because a little bit can go a long way when it comes to this hormone.