 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | wow. He's saying a 40% chance of recurrence overall even with radiation. That's definitely higher than anything I was told. But it is all really SO variable and depends on what data he is using and who really knows what assumptions he was making to extrapolate those numbers. These wildly different numbers we have all gotten are a good illustration of the limits on how useful these statistics can possibly be.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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