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Chemo conundrum article
Today's Australian had an article on de-escalation of chemo on certain breast cancer patients. The article has come from the wall street journal in the US. Page 10 in the Life section of The Australia...
Even with my close brush with disaster on Monday, after reading this article I'm not at all persuaded to ask about whether I should go ahead. My sister's cancer was found by chance, extremely early. She went in to have a biopsy and came out of surgery with a full mastectomy. No chemo needed. Star patient - passed her 5 years. Died at 13 1/2 years post diagnosis of metatastic cancer. I know there's other treatments now but I'm not taking chances with floaters.