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Waiting time for therapy
Hi..4 weeks since surgery, what is average wait to start chemotherapy/radiotherapy please?? Feel scared just sitting here, hope its not getting worse.. Live in a regional town, so even results took a ...
Hi Joarden, I just posted this on a Scan thread and thought it might provide some perspective on your concern about treatment timing:
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