Hi,

Survival rates for breast cancer are fairly high in comparison to some other types of cancer. My own cancer has pretty lousy survival rates. These stats off the CRUK website may help ... www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../common-cancers-compared

Traditionally 5 years has been held up as statistically significant and as a result there's lots of stuff on the Internet about 5 year survival rates - the stats above cover 10 years too. 

My oncologist told me that the longer people survive the more likely they are to survive a long time. This sounds illogical at first, but if you put all the patients on a graph, some die within 12 months of diagnosis, others within 5 years (if they survive the first year) but an awful lot who make it to five years are still around after ten years. I hope this makes sense.

Best wishes

Dave

HI Davek

the link you’ve provided is very interesting but refers to Brest Cancer and you’re right survival rates for Breast Cancer are very good. My Mother In Law, for example lived for forty years after her diagnosis. (She sadly died within two months of her diagnosis with ovarian cancer).  

Sadly, this post is about the very different animal; Secondary Breast Cancer. Average survival rates for this appear to be at 3.5 years according to one source I recently saw on the Internet. It appears to depend on what type of Breast Cancer the person has. It’s nearly always good to aim high and most of us, However we are effected by cancer are aiming for that. I hope you manage to be a record breaker for your own cancer and feel as well as you can. 

Bryony

Carer to partner with Secondary Breast Cancer  

Thanks for the clarification BryonyO x

I think the conclusion is then,nobody really knows with certainty,

Thankyou all for your kind replies 

I sincerely wish you all the very best for you and yours ,and love for reaching out.

XXXX

Hi, I was dx with stage 4 bc in Feb 2008 & was given 18mths as it had spread to my skull, liver & abdominal lining. I've had various chemo, surgery & procedures & got to the 5yr stage when it came back in the liver. I've now been in remission for 2 years. I shall be celebrating my birthday shortly & 10yr cancer milestone. Never give up & take responsibility for your own treatment as it's your body.

Hi, I was dx with stage 4 bc in Feb 2008 & was given 18mths as it had spread to my skull, liver & abdominal lining. I've had various chemo, surgery & procedures & got to the 5yr stage when it came back in the liver. I've now been in remission for 2 years. I shall be celebrating my birthday shortly & 10yr cancer milestone. Never give up & take responsibility for your own treatment as it's your body.

Yay! Thanks Mamacass67! That's exactly the sort of thing I needed to hear. Brilliant. Gives me something to aim for! You must be some strong lady!

Onwards and upwards and all that. And it's been worth the struggle for me so far- two grandchildren I never thought I'd see, and one on the way!

xxx

Hello,

Is there anyway you could private message me? Im really interested in knowing what approach you took with your treatment. I was orignally dx in 2016 with stage 3 bc but was only in remission for a yr and about 4 weeks ago i was told im now stage 4 metastatic triple positive with it in my lymphnodes and lung and only have about 4-5 years if im lucky. Im sorry, but I dont accept that and am wanting as many personal experiences that I can get! 

Thanks in advance!

Hi Huff and welcome to the forum, 

I'm sure mamacass will get back to you when she can but whilst you wait I just thought I'd let you know there is an option to private message which you can find out more about by clicking here.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards, 

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi mand333,

I'm in a similar position right now to the one you were in in April. How are you and your mum getting on? Any advice or experience that you can share would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Ashley

Mamacass67  Hi ,I know this is an old post and I hope you are still doing well .If you are I would be interested in your treatment options though I am tn so they may not be ones I can have .thank you .maria

awww that’s amazing... I’m 32 I was 29 wen I was diagnosed with breast cancer had masctomy chemo radiotherapy and tamoxifen for 10yrs unfortunately Iv found out it’s spread to liver .... Iv been advised if I’m not able to have surgery I’m looking at 2yrs witch is not an option for me as I have 4 little ones wot helped u ?? I’m looking in to cyber knife x

Hello,

I've had radio frequency ablation (where the tumors are burnt off either through the skin or they make an incision) 3 times now to the liver. I'm still in remission.

Hello,

I'm still in remission. I had bc that had spread to my skull, liver & abdominal lining. I've been on Tamoxifen & Letrozole, had iv chemo & tablet form. Had lumpectomy & radio frequency ablation 3 times to the liver. Next Oct I will be 5 yrs clear for the 2nd time.

ohhh my god that’s amazing well done I’m starting letrozole in next 2weeks !! Thanks for replying it’s so good to hear the good stories aswell