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StephN · 01-24-2006, 08:01 PM

Most of us on this web site will tell you that their onclolgists do not like to state statistics as they are outdated faster than last year's shoe styles. They can say that with such and such drugs in a given trial the numbers were thus and so, but this is from a trial and never translates directly into the genreal use population.
We write our own new stats for each drug and combo. We try to be the trailblazers and defy odds because we want to live and do have reasons to live.

I am in my sixth year since diagnosis of StageIIIa and fourth with mets (been off chemo now for over 3.5 years - had complete response). I am doing quite well and maintain on Herceptin and Zometa. I can't do quite as much as before, but by no means sit on the couch all day!

You can brave this thing out too!

01-24-2006, 08:01 PM	#5
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Old news - old stats Most of us on this web site will tell you that their onclolgists do not like to state statistics as they are outdated faster than last year's shoe styles. They can say that with such and such drugs in a given trial the numbers were thus and so, but this is from a trial and never translates directly into the genreal use population. We write our own new stats for each drug and combo. We try to be the trailblazers and defy odds because we want to live and do have reasons to live. I am in my sixth year since diagnosis of StageIIIa and fourth with mets (been off chemo now for over 3.5 years - had complete response). I am doing quite well and maintain on Herceptin and Zometa. I can't do quite as much as before, but by no means sit on the couch all day! You can brave this thing out too!