Going Back To That Recurrence Thing

With cancer, this is what we all want to know. Will it come back?The other day, I blogged aboutcancer recurrences and being on the hook. Of course with Olivia Newton John ' s twenty five year later cancer recurrence, the media is now full of cancer recurrence information.Before I start, I need to state that anyone who says they have cancer and then say they are cured after treatment are idiots. You are not cured after a cancer diagnosis, you only can exhibit ' no evidence of disease ' or NED. While there have been many cancer treatment advances in recent years, there is still no cure. Why do you think you need to keep going back to your surgeon or oncologist? They want to keep monitoring you....So anyway, the media is now giving us lots more details on cancer treatments and recurrences. This will continue until the next big news flash that will displace it. There is anice long article on cancer and recurrence on CBS now where they interview Dr Deanna Attai of UCLA and Dr Andrews at Hofstra Norwell School of Medicine." " I would say breast cancer – a lot of these cancers – have become more of a chronic illness than a terminal illness. A patient may do well with bone metastasis. They may need ongoing treatment for the next five to 10 years, but it doesn ' t mean it ' s a terminal sentence. With radiation, thankfully, our techniques and technologies have improved. It all depends on how big the area is and the critical structures that have been affected, " said Andrews.....
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