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AlaskaAngel · 03-02-2012, 03:42 PM

Perspectives differ.

The reality is that we are all here with the same disease but with different levels of risk based on what pieces of evidence science has put together. We generally think one way if we have never recurred or had mets, and tend to think differently about risk when we have had a recurrence of cancer or mets.

The actual individual risk is what changes with recurrence. One does often make very different decisions about both "now" and the future based on one's perceptions of their own situation and risk at any given time. So, it "matters".

I interpret risk a bit differently than Ann does.

"when you are around cancer enough, you learn there is no rhyme or reason to it."

For me, it would read, "When you are around cancer and treatment enough, you learn that there is no rhyme or reason to treatment outcomes" on any individual basis.

AlaskaAngel

03-02-2012, 03:42 PM	#9
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: TNM staging not accurate? Perspectives differ. The reality is that we are all here with the same disease but with different levels of risk based on what pieces of evidence science has put together. We generally think one way if we have never recurred or had mets, and tend to think differently about risk when we have had a recurrence of cancer or mets. The actual individual risk is what changes with recurrence. One does often make very different decisions about both "now" and the future based on one's perceptions of their own situation and risk at any given time. So, it "matters". I interpret risk a bit differently than Ann does. "when you are around cancer enough, you learn there is no rhyme or reason to it." For me, it would read, "When you are around cancer and treatment enough, you learn that there is no rhyme or reason to treatment outcomes" on any individual basis. AlaskaAngel __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED