Video re Mets BC .... EVERYONE needs to watch it

It does seem to be under researched and we do seem to be under informed  but maybe the 2 are intertwined.I have found bits online like the Canadian study and found this comment interesting from  Dr Halls at the Moose and Doc website.

“The statistic of 20% to 30% for metastatic breast cancer that recurs remain controversial amongst medical experts. The figure of 30% metastatic breast cancer recurrence rate first appears in a 2005 medical study, but no statistical data or sources are cited.

The MBCN take the 18-year relative survival rate from the SEERS data between the years of 1990 to 1994 as 71%.  The argument is, that this takes us close to the 30% recurrence rate statistic. However, there are many other factors at play and treatment has advanced so much that recurrence rates may have even halvedsince then.”

The advice I have been given from a breast surgeon is- 

Early breast cancer carries a lifetime risk of metastasis of 10-20%, with early breast cancer defined as any breast cancer up to 5cm large.Risk of metastatic disease for cancer less than 2 cm at time of diagnosis is much less.

Like you I will get on with living and enjoying my life but with this thought hovering in the background should anything inexplicable happen to my health whereupon I’ll seek medical advice.