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Lani · 10-17-2007, 09:17 AM

if you use Becky's time of peak recurrence of 18-22 months, you would see why a tumor which was removed in the winter would recur in the spring.

As with most things, it is not so simple as JUST VITAMIN D, OTHERWISE THERE
woudn't be any tumors presenting in the summer.

As well as the biological reasons, there are societal reasons that many tumors maybe found in the summer as that is bathingsuit season when less clothes are worn and lumps are more likely to get detected as well as a period with more time-off when working women might be more likely to get their mammos.The clock starts ticking supposedly at the time of surgery, even if the lump was there longer.

These are just suppositions and I am sure there are gads of other reasonable ones...
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10-17-2007, 09:17 AM	#13
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	Kelly if you use Becky's time of peak recurrence of 18-22 months, you would see why a tumor which was removed in the winter would recur in the spring. As with most things, it is not so simple as JUST VITAMIN D, OTHERWISE THERE woudn't be any tumors presenting in the summer. As well as the biological reasons, there are societal reasons that many tumors maybe found in the summer as that is bathingsuit season when less clothes are worn and lumps are more likely to get detected as well as a period with more time-off when working women might be more likely to get their mammos.The clock starts ticking supposedly at the time of surgery, even if the lump was there longer. These are just suppositions and I am sure there are gads of other reasonable ones... .