Can you please give me the survival rates for Stage 2 B cancer for 10 years? Also, can you give me information as to from where to get it? I have been trying to get that info and I end up having 5 years rates. I can't find 10 years rates anywhere.
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I had Lobular cancer a year ago and had to have a total mastectomy of the right breast and 20 lymph nodes removed. I had cancer in the main lymph node under my arm. I had Chemo and Radation. My cancer was a stage 2B to 3. I want to know what are my chances of it coming back to the other breast or someplace else in my body. My doctors don't tell me much.
This is Seven7 again. I looked at my report by my Oncologist and he said I had a 50% chance of it not RECURRING again in 10 years.
I see where that is different from SURVIVAL or CURE rate now.
I had wondered about that. I guess that is a pretty good chance of no recurrance, since I had a Stage 3 situation.
I certainly have a lot of life I would like to live yet--- much to look forward to.
Thanks for your replies!
Dear Seven7, A survival rate is a statistical index, which summarizes the probable frequency of a specific outcome for a group of patients at a particular point in time. Different methods may be used to compute rates so they are not directly comparable with each other. Depending on the source used the time frame and numbers could be different. Five-year survival rate for Stage 2A or 2B cancer based on our source is noted at approximately 65%. This is a number based on a group of patients, and does not translate literally to the individual. These and other statistics are helpful when used generally to make recommendations and decisions regarding treatment, but how an individual will respond to treatment is influenced by many factors that are not captured by the statistic.
Interesting - I had pretty much the same size tumour and number of positive nodes, also ER+, and was given the same treatment. I was told my cancer was Stage III, with a 45-50 percent survival rate at 5 years.
I would like to comment that recurrence rate is not the same as survival rate. Most doctors quote the 5 year survival rate based on past statistics but it does not mean that those who survive after 5 years do not have a recurrence during the time. Some doctors even quote the 5 year survival rate as cure rate which does not make sense. If someone has a recurrence in 5 years, but survive or still fighting the disease, that person can't be considered as cured.
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Can you please give me the survival rates for Stage 2 B cancer for 10 years? Also, can you give me information as to from where to get it? I have been trying to get that info and I end up having 5 years rates. I can't find 10 years rates anywhere.
Thanks.
Oops - I should have mentioned I'm about 15 years younger, so maybe that accounts for the difference in our prognoses.