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  

You're welcome, hope all goes ok on Letrozole (I've had no side effects)

awww great stuff ️ 

Hi Maria, I'm still here! how can I help?

Hello, 

I know your above post is old but I wondered how you were? I'm Stage 4 breast cancer and struggle to find people who have it in as many places as I have. Any help greatly appreciated.

Ceyenne

Hello,

I am fit & well & have no obvious symptoms. Not due another scan until Oct & if clear I will have been in remission for 5 yrs.

Hello Mamma Cass,

just a question regarding Letrozole. Are you still free of side affects from it?? Most people appear to me to have quite negative affects. Would be good to hear for some it's not always the case!!! I note you were taking them in August 2019 and all going well. 
 

Hoping all remains well with you. 
 

kebbs x 

Tha k you for replying. I don't/didn't have any symptoms from the liver. Only a cough and slight breathlessness plus nausea from the high calcium in the blood.

Do you think you've been just lucky? I take it your initial chemo for secondary worked? Do you have hormone treatments?

Ceyenne

Hello kebbs,

I've been on Letrozole now since Jan 2016 & have had no side effects.

Brilliant!! It seems a rarity!!! Delighted for you though!!

Go well,

Kebbs x 

I've only just joined this group and having ready your story it's really given me hope. I had very low grade breast cancer 2015. Was told just a few months ago by my oncologist that he was happy if I wanted to stop my tablets as have another 5 years. He said I have 1 per cent chance of reoccurance.  Just had a brain scan for possible MS. And now they tell me I have secondaries in the brain. Shocked isn't even close to his I feel. I have all the symptoms of MS too.  Waiting for a pet scan but thankyou for your story above its given me some real hope xx

I've only just joined this group and having ready your story it's really given me hope. I had very low grade breast cancer 2015. Was told just a few months ago by my oncologist that he was happy if I wanted to stop my tablets as have another 5 years. He said I have 1 per cent chance of reoccurance.  Just had a brain scan for possible MS. And now they tell me I have secondaries in the brain. Shocked isn't even close to his I feel. I have all the symptoms of MS too.  Waiting for a pet scan but thankyou for your story above its given me some real hope xx