I have not reached the stage of talking about recurrence rates with my oncologist ... I haven't thought it was necessary. But if you read the discussion boards, there are people who are obsessed with this. I do understand this but I have not had any need for assurances and guarantees because I have long understood that life is a gamble. However, people want to know their recurrence rates so that they can best determine what treatment they will undergo. And there are others who just need to be reassured.
My treatment has been very aggressive given the size of my tumor but I always understood the need for that given the HER2+ nature of my cancer. Every now and then the thought crosses my mind ... will this cancer come back? But it never stays long because I have faith.
On one of the discussion boards I ran across a link to this study which discussed my exact situation and the outcome for me is great: http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/28/28/e541 I am grateful!
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