Recurrence would and definitely be a scary thing for women to go through. But here in Australia and worldwide, there are a large bunch of us that have been diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer from the beginning or de novo. There is a lot of noise and publicity for early breast cancer cures and treatment which is great and important.
But nobody wants to talk about us, the media shies away from the word Metastatic or Stage 4, they use softer words like secondary or advanced. Trials are hard to find, or even access, not to mention medications as well.
Don't get me wrong, recurrence would be awful, scary and a horrid thing for women and their families to go through. I certainly would wish stage 4 cancer on anybody.
xo Anne
