Treatments.....do they work?

HapB
HapB Member Posts: 527
in Breast Cancer #1

If the chance of reucrrence is the same if one opts for no treatment, then I think all the treatments don't really do anything but cause more suffering. I have been looking at some of the data and some of the treatments only improve the chances of non recurrence by 2 %. I just don't know if the drastic treatments are worth the suffering if the chances of recurrence or spread are about the same.  i will find out more today, but I am skeptical right now. 

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  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
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    HapB

    That is exactly how I feel about Tomoxafin.  According to my Mammoprint, I only have a 5% chance of recurrance.  Tomox cuts that down by 40%-50%.  That means 2.5% benifit from taking the Tomox (with all of the nasty side effects), and a 1% chance of uterine cancer.  I am just not convinced the benifit outweighs the side effects!!  Good luck to you today!

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