Disappointed and confused by the system
I should start by saying I am almost 73 and have had a lifetime of excellent health (apart from hysterectomy a couple of years ago) and never expected to be dealing with this. Mammograms stopped a few...
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Primek - yes of course, a lot of good things can happen in those five years, and making it to 10 would be amazing. But all the stats I have now seen show that with my particular form of BC, given that the tumour is so large and there was a lot of bad stuff in two lymph nodes and evidence of cancer in another eight, the added value of chemo is still comparatively small. The really big difference is full surgery, axillery clearance plus the Aromatase. (Can't find out exactly what dfference the radio makes but I can see the logic of that and am OK with it). With full 3rd generation chemo there is still only 60% chance of five year survival. But as you say, depends which side of the cut-off figure you are on. But I do appreciate what you are saying and will be giving it a lot more thought after seeing the onco on Thursday, obviousy. All best wishes, A.