Recurrence Predictor Test
Hi all, This just came up in my Facebook feed and it sounds like an amazing development, that hopefully isn't too far away - scientists at Cambridge and Stanford Universities have developed a tool ...
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Hi @Jane221,
I did read the PR article quite a while ago actually this one was published in 2015 I think. You may have already read it but here is the link.
https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/07/08/solving-a-breast-cancer-mystery-why-do-double-positive-women-do-better/
How much faith to put in these tools at the moment, that's anyones guess but it's all we have.
Hopefully down the track though there will be more acurate information. The above article was encouraging for me being 95% both ER/PR, but did little to relieve the fear of recurrence at the beginning. Especially the bit about the cancer cells trying to get rid of their PR receptors. Sneaky little f***ers. Only the future will tell I guess.
Is there a more current article on this???
The thing with these predictive tools is they give an average. For example I was told that HT (any of the HT drugs) will give an extra 6% coverage. No average mentioned, just a figure. When you look further it can be anywhere between 2.5% to 11%. For 2.5% I would ditch it. For 6 to 11 well that's better odds to continue.
Whichever way it goes, I highly doubt anyone is going to get the "We got it, it's never coming back, get outta here and live your life worry free" So it's probably not going to relieve the fear only water it down for some.
Continual constant confusion. Plus a dose of analysis paralysis. :)
You are correct @Afraser be careful what you wish for. Being in the high risk group there is no way I would want that confirmed in figures, but, if it was available on line like "predict" for anyone to access who wouldn't look?
xoxoxo
P.s
Do they keep everybody's tumours in a pickle jar on a shelf somewhere so the can retest them later???
I did read the PR article quite a while ago actually this one was published in 2015 I think. You may have already read it but here is the link.
https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/07/08/solving-a-breast-cancer-mystery-why-do-double-positive-women-do-better/
How much faith to put in these tools at the moment, that's anyones guess but it's all we have.
Hopefully down the track though there will be more acurate information. The above article was encouraging for me being 95% both ER/PR, but did little to relieve the fear of recurrence at the beginning. Especially the bit about the cancer cells trying to get rid of their PR receptors. Sneaky little f***ers. Only the future will tell I guess.
Is there a more current article on this???
The thing with these predictive tools is they give an average. For example I was told that HT (any of the HT drugs) will give an extra 6% coverage. No average mentioned, just a figure. When you look further it can be anywhere between 2.5% to 11%. For 2.5% I would ditch it. For 6 to 11 well that's better odds to continue.
Whichever way it goes, I highly doubt anyone is going to get the "We got it, it's never coming back, get outta here and live your life worry free" So it's probably not going to relieve the fear only water it down for some.
Continual constant confusion. Plus a dose of analysis paralysis. :)
You are correct @Afraser be careful what you wish for. Being in the high risk group there is no way I would want that confirmed in figures, but, if it was available on line like "predict" for anyone to access who wouldn't look?
xoxoxo
P.s
Do they keep everybody's tumours in a pickle jar on a shelf somewhere so the can retest them later???