Surgery for Stage IV at DX?

[Ellie F]

Hi Amy
I think you have probably summed it up. I also read the chapter you're referring to. One of the problems as my onc always points out is that everyones cancer is individual, as is everyones response to treatment! Hence why large scale population studies do not give us the complete answer and why some small 'curable' tumours metastasize yet some very large tumours don't! I guess in cancerland you can make some predictions like you have a better chance of a cure if its early stage but what i've learned is there are absolutely NO guarantees! We also have some stage 4 sisters who have not had a mastectomy and have been NED for some time then the bc has returned in it's original site.
There are no easy answers!

Wishing you all the best for getting these mets under control

Ellie