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Lien · 06-10-2010, 03:40 PM

8% risk of recurrence is really, really favorable. If you get lots of tests, you may get a lot of anxiety and false positives and perhaps treatments or invasive procedures you don't need. I did not have elevated tumor markers when I was diagnosed, yet the tumor was there. So for me, they are not reliable at all.

I had annual mammo's, regular checkups (3 monthly for the first year, bi-annual for the next 4, and now annual) and am doing fine after 6 years.

The hardest part is trusting your body again.

Love

Jacqueline

06-10-2010, 03:40 PM	#8
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	Re: how do we find distant metastases from breast cancer 8% risk of recurrence is really, really favorable. If you get lots of tests, you may get a lot of anxiety and false positives and perhaps treatments or invasive procedures you don't need. I did not have elevated tumor markers when I was diagnosed, yet the tumor was there. So for me, they are not reliable at all. I had annual mammo's, regular checkups (3 monthly for the first year, bi-annual for the next 4, and now annual) and am doing fine after 6 years. The hardest part is trusting your body again. Love Jacqueline __________________ Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.