Do I need chemo for 1-3 nodes positive
Starting to wonder/worry should I have been offered chemo. I know we all have different treatment plans but just have to ask and try to put my mind at rest . I was dx with multifocal invasive lobu...
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I know it's hard not to worry, but in some cases chemo doesn't offer any extra benefit. Chemo can only kill cancer when the cell is in the process of dividing. If it is growing very slowly then it won't divide in the 2 week window of a chemo cycle when the drugs are in your system - which means chemo won't kill the cell and is of little benefit. I had a very small cancer 1.9 cm but my Ki67 was 71%. (anything over 20 is considered high). I was also HER2+. Chemo was recommended for me because Herceptin which treats HER2+ works better when given with chemo and my cancer was dividing/growing so rapidly that the chemo was also certain to kill it. Everyone's cancer is different and chemo is not for everyone.