[PinkGirl]

I don't think it is possible to get a meaningful statistic for
recurrence. There are a gazillion factors to consider and then all the
different combinations of these factors.

There are all the stages, receptors, lobular, inflammatory, her2 status etc. etc. Then there is the environmental stuff and the lifestyle stuff. How could the statistic be meaningful if one person who advanced to stage 4 was
originally dx. stage 2 and they drank lots, smoked cigarettes, lived
on sugar and had no health insurance or family support ... and another
person was dx. stage 3 and lived on cauliflower, exercised, drank
wheat grass juice, had insurance and a wonderful supportive family.

Then there is family history, stress, whether you had your treatments
on time because you had neupogen shots or had some treatments
delayed because your counts were low. Or if you are left handed
and your mother had big hips.

If there was a statistic that was 70/30, how would you know
if you were going to be in the 70 group or the 30 group? I'm
really confused by this thread.