They Say a Five Year Survival Rate Is Pretty Good for Cancer, but When Does Those Five Years Begin?
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Iѕ іt once уου һаνе tһе diagnosis, οr іѕ іt аftеr уουr last treatment?
I understand tһаt fοr Triple Negative Breast Cancer іt іѕ 3 years wουƖԁ bе tһе critical time, tһаt іf іt comes back іt wουƖԁ bе within tһаt time frame. I һаνе read tһаt Triple Negative Breast Cancer іѕ more aggressive tһаח regular breast cancer аחԁ tһе numbers reflect tһаt іח tһе recurrence rate.
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10 Comments on “They Say a Five Year Survival Rate Is Pretty Good for Cancer, but When Does Those Five Years Begin?”
If they were not so greedy a person could live longer, by them giving them the medication to help cure the cancer. they have the cure for all cancer except stem cell and just say it cost too much. Just like America money beofre life.
I’m a cancer survivor (2nd stage melanoma) and for me, IMHO, five years began when the surgery was complete.
I would say the clock is ticking right after your treatment, ie, operation, chemo, pills, etc. Check with your doctor again to be sure.
Then stay diligent & monitor any signs. It’s very important to be in a support group as well.
Best wishes, Good luck, and a long, healthy life to you.
I’ve always understood the five year survival statistics to mean five years from diagnosis; everything I’ve read on the subject has indicated this.
I think that with all breast cancers most recurrences happen within the first two years; I think that incudes triple neg.
Yes, triple negative breast cancer can have a worse outlook early on – within the first five years – and this may well be at least in part because of the fewer treatments available; but after five years it comes back less often than many other types of breast cancer.
It begins from the day of diagnosis.
I’ve always thought it was from the day you were told you were in full remission…that’s when I’ve been counting it from anyway. I guess it doesn’t make that much difference to me as I only had 6 months chemo so the dates are somewhat close to each other. But my friend had 3 years chemo and he was told to count from his day of remission…which would put him at 1 year survived as opposed to 4 years.
My insurance company is counting it from my remission date as well because they are going to fully health insure me again once I reach 5 years survival!
Hi Dave,
This type responds better to follow up chemo etc: than other types.
The 5 year thing referrers to it returning not to the life expectancy of the person.
Early detection is the key to this. Very regular checks and self checks are important because should it be detected the sooner it is dealt with the better and this increases the survival rate.
The 5 years starts from the end of treatment.So after the op.
They give 5 years as a guideline and then up the rate of it not returning after 5 years, then more after 7 years when it is highly unlikely that it will return at all.
I hope this helps.
Love Mel.X
Lo is right as usual.
I asked my oncologist point blank when the counting starts. He said it’s from the time of diagnosis.
From the time of diagnosis.
The survival rate for five years with chemo and radiation is 44%.
Over ten years it’s less than 10%.
Chemotherapy and radiation are the most deadly treatments is medical history, with a 90% fatality rate they’re almost deadlier than cancer.
If your doctors tell you there aren’t other options, keep in mind they make their living off your illness, and if you get well, they don’t get paid.
Your disease is a multi billion dollar industry to them.
Alternative therapies are readily available, and you can find them online. Most recommend a change in diet rather than risky surgeries, toxic chemotherapy or carcinogenic radiation. They also claim over 80% success rates, which western medicine adamantly refutes without research. Of course, your doctor will call this quackery, and guarantee death if you don’t do as he says, because he doesn’t stand to profit any.
Where a diet of fruit and vegetables is proven to do no harm, chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery are all proven to do harm;
The basest violation of the Hippocratic oath.
Check the facts for yourself, and you may still live a long healthy life, in spite of the death sentence you’ve been given.
I hope you (or your loved one) get well