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Another piece I didn't send out for general consumption was that the oncologist said that without adjuvant treatment (chemo and rads), the ballpark chance of recurrence was 50%, minimum, revised upwards if there were unexpected surprises on Monday or from the scans.
The good news was that with treatment, that would go down by 75%, to end near 13% which, while he didn't say it, was the same base chance of a woman developing breast cancer in the first place.
One of the drugs he is planning to use (Hercepton) was just approved by the FDA within the past year and yields very good results, with another that looks as good or better looking at approval within the next year or so.
Much more real today.
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