Cancer Treatment Options Forum - January 20th, 2011 - 5 Comments

I have Breast Cancer after chemo and radio therapy wats my life span anyone know?

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  1. Jayaraman on January 20, 2011 7:43 pm

    Many factors contribute to an individual’s prognosis and new research is helping doctors understand which tumors may be more agressive than others. The 5-year survival rate for women diagnosed with cancer is 80%. About 88% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive at least 10 years.

    Several factors are used to determine successful treatment and the possibility for a cure. They include:
    * Stage of the disease. Much depends on this.
    * The location of the tumor and how far it has spread
    * Whether the tumor is hormone receptor-positive or -negative
    * Genetic factors
    * Tumor size and shape
    * Rate of cell division
    * Biologic markers

    The good news is that women are living longer with breast cancer, and at this time more than 2 million American women are survivors. Survivors must live with the uncertainties of possible recurrent cancer and some risk for complications from the treatment itself.

    Recurrences of cancer usually develop within 5 years of treatment. However, 25% of recurrences and half of new cancers in the opposite breast occur after 5 years. One study suggested that the risk factors for a first breast cancer do not necessarily place a woman at any higher risk for recurrence. (Women with a first cancer, however, do have a higher risk for a new cancer in the opposite breast. The outlook for such new cancers is independent from those of the first one.)

    Your oncologist who treated must be in a position to tell you more clearly and it is difficult to tell without knowing the above details and seeing your reports and other.

    However do not worry much and at the same time act as per the advice of the doctors and have regular check ups, as CANCER IS STILL AN ENIGMA -

  2. Elisa M on January 20, 2011 7:43 pm

    Don’t let anyone tell you what your life span will be, because nobody can. It would be like ‘pointing the bone’. Firstly every cancer is different, secondly every ones life style, eating habits, stress level, etc is different. All that has influence on how long you will live. Most of all what you believe will manifest in your life and determine the length and quality of it. I was diagnosed with breast cancer 4 years ago. I refused chemo and radiation and I am still alive and feel healthy. I changed everything in my life and I have a great faith in my creator without being religious. I also use a lot of natural remedies and I studied all I could find about cancer treatments. You can do the same, it is up to you. I have learned a lot about cancer and the cancer industry and about myself. I don’t feel sorry for having refused treatment, even if I should die of cancer, because I had for 4 years a fantastic quality of life and have done most things I always wanted to do. You create your reality with the way you think, it’s all up to you, don’t let anyone tell you differently.

  3. lo_mcg on January 20, 2011 7:43 pm

    Nobody, not even your oncologist, can answer this for you.

    There are statistics for 5 and 10 year survival based on stage, grade etc – see the site recommended by wcanoodle for example – but they are not predictions or guarantees.

    Breast cancer can return at any time, even years later. But many women live the rest of their long lives without a recurrence. It’s a very unpredictable disease.

  4. theoriginalquestmaker on January 20, 2011 7:43 pm

    As long as they have gotten rid of the cancer your life span should be the same as if you hadn’t had cancer.

    But the fact that you are asking this question means that you are worrying too much and that will, at the very least, affect your quality of life.
    Focus on living of your life, not when you might die.

  5. wcanoodle on January 20, 2011 7:43 pm

    Your oncologist should be able to explain this to you based on your staging of your cancer and the treatments you do…here is a link to staging and prognosis..
    http://www.cancermonthly.com/cancer_basics/breast.asp

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