chemotherapy

HELLO ALL---JUST BACK FROM THE SITEMAN CANCER CENTER IN MISSOURI..TALK TO AN ONCOLOGY DOCTOR AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ABOUT CHEMO AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID....IF YOU TAKE 1OO WOMEN AND THEY DECIDE AFTER SURGERY FOR CANCER REMOVAL THAT THEY WILL DO NO ADDITIONAL THERAPY 34 OUT OF 100 WILL BE ALIVE AND WITHOUT CANCER IN 10 YEARS..61 OUT OF 100 WILL RELAPSE...5 OUT OF 100 WILL DIE OF OTHER CAUSES...AND IF THE WOMEN TOOK CHEMO-THERAPY ONLY 16 OUT 100 WILL BE ALIVE AND WITHOUT CANCER BECAUSE OF THERAPY...FOR HORMONAL THERAPY LESS THAN 1 OUT OF 100 WILL BE ALIVE AND WITHOUT CANCER BECAUSE OF THERAPY...AND COMBINED THERAPY IS ALSO ONLY 16 OUT OF 100...THIS WAS JUST A TALK ABOUT CHEMO AND THE BENEFITS OF...I WAS SURPRISED AT THE NUMBERS....NO WONDER THE DECISION IS SO TOUGH....I JUST FOUND THIS INTERESTING AND THOUGHT MAYBE SOME ONE ELSE WOULD TOO.