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Bev · 09-15-2006, 05:56 PM

Hi Stephanie.

I vaguely recall a graph of time out to recurrence. It rose and peaked at 2 years but then had a little uptick at 20 years.

At 8 years out, I would guess your chance of recurrence is only a few percentage points higher than someone who has never had cancer to get it.

So don't stress too much. Keep educating yourself and follow up everything with the docs. My onc doesn't scan either unless your'e symptomatic. She would though if I had my data and insisted on it. Take care. BB

09-15-2006, 05:56 PM	#20
Bev Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 1,055	Hi Stephanie. I vaguely recall a graph of time out to recurrence. It rose and peaked at 2 years but then had a little uptick at 20 years. At 8 years out, I would guess your chance of recurrence is only a few percentage points higher than someone who has never had cancer to get it. So don't stress too much. Keep educating yourself and follow up everything with the docs. My onc doesn't scan either unless your'e symptomatic. She would though if I had my data and insisted on it. Take care. BB