Re: Whether or not to have chemo

[Guest guest]

Hi Janie,

I have irregular heartbeat and did ok with the chemo. What do your other drs

say? How will your diabetes react to the chemo/radiation? Noone can tell you

what to do. Its an individual decision only you can make. You are in my

prayers.

Hugs

nne

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Whether or not to have chemo

> I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo oncology.

> They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats were

> given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed by

> mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion

> (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

>

> IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both because

> I had a mastectomy.)

>

> RADIATION:

> Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins. Aggressive

> grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> given the other clean pathology.

>

> CHEMO ONLY:

> A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> like Taxol.)

> 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no relapse).

>

> TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

>

> COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no relapse).

>

> The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You can

> try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as inflammatory,

> are not easy to figure out.

>

> My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't in

> the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes II)?

> the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

>

> ???A querie???

> Luv,

> Janie

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janie,

I have irregular heartbeat and did ok with the chemo. What do your other drs

say? How will your diabetes react to the chemo/radiation? Noone can tell you

what to do. Its an individual decision only you can make. You are in my

prayers.

Hugs

nne

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http://www.geocities.com/chucky5741/breastcancerpatients.html

Check out my breast cancer ornaments at:

http://www.geocities.com/chucky5741/bcornament.html

also check out my other ornaments and lots of nice gifts at:

http://www.cancerclub.com

Whether or not to have chemo

> I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo oncology.

> They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats were

> given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed by

> mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion

> (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

>

> IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both because

> I had a mastectomy.)

>

> RADIATION:

> Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins. Aggressive

> grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> given the other clean pathology.

>

> CHEMO ONLY:

> A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> like Taxol.)

> 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no relapse).

>

> TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

>

> COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no relapse).

>

> The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You can

> try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as inflammatory,

> are not easy to figure out.

>

> My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't in

> the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes II)?

> the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

>

> ???A querie???

> Luv,

> Janie

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janie,

I have irregular heartbeat and did ok with the chemo. What do your other drs

say? How will your diabetes react to the chemo/radiation? Noone can tell you

what to do. Its an individual decision only you can make. You are in my

prayers.

Hugs

nne

Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Life

http://www.geocities.com/chucky5741/breastcancerpatients.html

Check out my breast cancer ornaments at:

http://www.geocities.com/chucky5741/bcornament.html

also check out my other ornaments and lots of nice gifts at:

http://www.cancerclub.com

Whether or not to have chemo

> I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo oncology.

> They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats were

> given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed by

> mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion

> (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

>

> IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both because

> I had a mastectomy.)

>

> RADIATION:

> Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins. Aggressive

> grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> given the other clean pathology.

>

> CHEMO ONLY:

> A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> like Taxol.)

> 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no relapse).

>

> TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

>

> COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no relapse).

>

> The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You can

> try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as inflammatory,

> are not easy to figure out.

>

> My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't in

> the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes II)?

> the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

>

> ???A querie???

> Luv,

> Janie

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

As a 5 1/2 year survivor who did not have the option of chemo but the

option of rads without a mastectomy and nothing with a mastectomy, I

took the good odds which were with the mast. and went that road.

However, if they had told me the odds of having chemo plus the

mastectomy, I would probably have had the chemo. I wanted to give

myself the best odds I could. I know and I think we all know that the

stats are just numbers but when faced with a decision, I always try to

take the one that shows the best odds for me. Did that make sense???

Anyway, no matter what we tell you, the bottom line is you must make

this decision for yourself since it is your life, your body. If you

are married, I would also take into consideration what my spouse thinks.

> I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo oncology.

> They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats were

> given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed by

> mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion

> (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

>

> IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both because

> I had a mastectomy.)

>

> RADIATION:

> Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins. Aggressive

> grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> given the other clean pathology.

>

> CHEMO ONLY:

> A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> like Taxol.)

> 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no relapse).

>

> TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

>

> COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no relapse).

>

> The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You can

> try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as inflammatory,

> are not easy to figure out.

>

> My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't in

> the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes II)?

> the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

>

> ???A querie???

> Luv,

> Janie

[Guest guest]

Could you share why you did not have the option of chemo? Did you

take tamoxifin or any other medicine? Also, was it a very clean

surgery with perhaps wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion?

Do you remember the stage and grade of tumor?

If you can tell me, Thanks a lot,

Janie

> > I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo

oncology.

> > They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats

were

> > given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed

by

> > mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular

invasion

> > (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

> >

> > IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> > 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> > 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> > (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both

because

> > I had a mastectomy.)

> >

> > RADIATION:

> > Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins.

Aggressive

> > grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> > given the other clean pathology.

> >

> > CHEMO ONLY:

> > A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> > like Taxol.)

> > 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no

relapse).

> >

> > TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> > 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

> >

> > COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> > 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> > 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no

relapse).

> >

> > The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You

can

> > try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> > stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as

inflammatory,

> > are not easy to figure out.

> >

> > My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't

in

> > the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes

II)?

> > the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

> >

> > ???A querie???

> > Luv,

> > Janie

[Guest guest]

Could you share why you did not have the option of chemo? Did you

take tamoxifin or any other medicine? Also, was it a very clean

surgery with perhaps wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion?

Do you remember the stage and grade of tumor?

If you can tell me, Thanks a lot,

Janie

> > I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo

oncology.

> > They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats

were

> > given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed

by

> > mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular

invasion

> > (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

> >

> > IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> > 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> > 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> > (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both

because

> > I had a mastectomy.)

> >

> > RADIATION:

> > Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins.

Aggressive

> > grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> > given the other clean pathology.

> >

> > CHEMO ONLY:

> > A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> > like Taxol.)

> > 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no

relapse).

> >

> > TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> > 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

> >

> > COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> > 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> > 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no

relapse).

> >

> > The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You

can

> > try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> > stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as

inflammatory,

> > are not easy to figure out.

> >

> > My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't

in

> > the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes

II)?

> > the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

> >

> > ???A querie???

> > Luv,

> > Janie

[Guest guest]

Could you share why you did not have the option of chemo? Did you

take tamoxifin or any other medicine? Also, was it a very clean

surgery with perhaps wide margins, no nodes, no vascular invasion?

Do you remember the stage and grade of tumor?

If you can tell me, Thanks a lot,

Janie

> > I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo

oncology.

> > They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats

were

> > given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed

by

> > mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular

invasion

> > (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

> >

> > IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> > 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> > 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> > (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both

because

> > I had a mastectomy.)

> >

> > RADIATION:

> > Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins.

Aggressive

> > grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> > given the other clean pathology.

> >

> > CHEMO ONLY:

> > A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing additional

> > like Taxol.)

> > 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no

relapse).

> >

> > TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> > 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no relapse).

> >

> > COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> > 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> > 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no

relapse).

> >

> > The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You

can

> > try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> > stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as

inflammatory,

> > are not easy to figure out.

> >

> > My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you weren't

in

> > the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes

II)?

> > the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

> >

> > ???A querie???

> > Luv,

> > Janie

[Guest guest]

Also i forgot to metion i have many other health problems and this

helped with my choice.

Cheers and hugs,

in NewZealand.

> > I have now had both consultations with radiation and chemo

> oncology.

> > They went very nicely. The following recommendations and stats

> were

> > given to me, having had a 2.4cm, Stage 2A, Grade 3 tumor removed

> by

> > mastectomy with clean, wide margins, no nodes, no vascular

> invasion

> > (no cancer in breast blood vessels). It goes like this:

> >

> > IF NO FURTHER TREATMENT:

> > 80% chance of 10-year survival.

> > 60% chance of 10-year survival with no relapse.

> > (These are NOT rounded-off numbers, and 8% was added to both

> because

> > I had a mastectomy.)

> >

> > RADIATION:

> > Not indicated for me because of stage and clean margins.

> Aggressive

> > grade of tumor is not an indicator of need for radiation therapy

> > given the other clean pathology.

> >

> > CHEMO ONLY:

> > A/C in 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart, recommended. (Nothing

additional

> > like Taxol.)

> > 2% increase in 10-year survival (= 82% survival).

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival with no recurrence (=66% no

> relapse).

> >

> > TAMOXIFIN ONLY (FOR FIVE YEARS):

> > 6% increase in 10-year survival (=86% survival).

> > 14% increase in 10-year surival with no relapse (=74% no

relapse).

> >

> > COMBINED CHEMO & TAMOXIFIN:

> > 8% increase in 10-year survival (=88% survival).

> > 20% increase in 10-year survival with no relapse (=80% no

relapse).

> >

> > The oncologist got these stats from www.adjuvantonline.com. You

> can

> > try it but you have to pretend to be a doctor to figure your own

> > stats. Also, more complicated breast cancers, such as

> inflammatory,

> > are not easy to figure out.

> >

> > My Question: WOULD YOU HAVE THE CHEMO if you thought you

weren't

> in

> > the best of health (hypertension, heart arrythmias, diabetes

II)?

> > the doctor was soft on it, but just showed me the stats.

> >

> > ???A querie???

> > Luv,

> > Janie