To scan or not, that is the question!
Hi lovely ladies. I’m seeing my oncologist tomorrow for chemo and radiation regime. I asked him about getting a PET scan before and he advised it could give false positives and doesn’t recommend. It’...
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Hi @kmakm Links to three resources for insight into general growth rate and cell estimation for BC tumours:
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320224/ From start of 7th para: 'The number of cancer cells is a function of tumour volume in cubic centimetres. Each cell is about 20 μm in diameter. A 1-cm cancer has about 100 million cells, a 0.5-cm cancer has about 10 million cells, and a 1-mm cancer has about 100 thousand cells.'
2. https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2018/10/18/science-surgery-how-quickly-do-tumours-develop/
Near the end 'Scientists have found that for most breast and bowel cancers, the tumours begin to grow around ten years before they're detected.'
3. https://oregon.providence.org/forms-and-information/a/ask-an-expert-breast-cancer-growth-rate/ Q&A re breast cancer growth rate