No judging. Just pointing out the medical reality/possibility. Surgery with clean margins is the still the most likely curative intervention. So with early stage treatment, the other interventions are down the list in terms of efficacy and if the surgery succeeds, "may have been moot". It's too bad there aren't any tools available for stage IV patients with the same likelihood of curative success. Makes every last shred of possibly advantageous seem important. That's all I meant.
Can't agree more about differences in response to anything injected or consumed. Even
time of day of infusion can make a difference. At some point it comes down to informed guesswork based on whatever information is available.
Some info I was referencing regarding iron:
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Obviously, the chemo regimen seems to make a difference too. What did you have?