Although many of us will recur I think it notes mention that many of us will not. I, for one -don't plan to.
Staying informed and aware of the risk is important for everyone regardless of how we perceive what cancer may or may not do to us in the future.
During the dormant cancer cell presentation, I asked if it was studied where chemo was given to healthy women to kill the dormant cells and the response was that these cells are highly resistant to current chemo agents and still the healthy tissue was additionally damaged. So, the scientists are trying to develop an agent that will cause cell apoptosis without causing harm to healthy cells. Isn't that what a lot of science is trying to do anyway ?
Here is the Era of Hope study regarding dormant tumor cells:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/bcrp/era/abstr...045699%2D1.pdf
If you want to deluge yourself with additional Era of Hope abstracts- log on to:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/bcrp/era/abstracts2008
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