What are the odds of cure after breast cancer for somebody who just?

Question

lost one of her breasts under surgery and is currently taking chemiothrapy ?

Answer 1

There are more and more reports by establishment oncologists doubting the value of chemotherapy, even to the point of rejecting it outright. One of these, cancer biostatistician Dr. Ulrich Abel, of Heidelberg, Germany, issued a monograph titled Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Cancer in 1990. Epithelial cancers comprise the most common forms of adenocarcinoma: lung, breast, prostate, colon, etc. After ten years as a statistician in clinical oncology, Abel became increasingly uneasy. "A sober and unprejudiced analysis of the literature," he wrote, "has rarely revealed any therapeutic success by the regimens in question in treating advanced epithelial cancer." While chemotherapy is being used more and more extensively, more than a million people die worldwide of these cancers annually - and a majority have received some form of chemotherapy before dying. Abel further concluded, after polling hundreds of cancer doctors, "The personal view of many oncologists seems to be in striking contrast to communications intended for the public." Abel cited studies that have shown "that many oncologists would not take chemotherapy themselves if they had cancer." (The Cancer Chronicles, December, 1990.)
"Even though toxic drugs often do effect a response, such as a partial or complete shrinkage of the tumor, this reduction does not prolong expected survival," Abel finds. "Sometimes, in fact, the cancer returns more aggressively than before, since the chemo fosters the growth of resistant cell lines." Besides, the chemo has severely damaged the body's own defenses, the immune system and often the kidneys as well as the liver.
In an especially dramatic table, Dr. Abel displays the results of chemotherapy in patients with various types of cancers, as the improvement of survival rates, compared to untreated patients. This table shows:
-In colorectal cancer: no evidence survival is improved.
-Gastric cancer: no clear evidence.
-Pancreatic cancer: Study completely negative. Longer survival in control (untreated) group.
-Bladder: no clinical trial done.
-Breast cancer: No direct evidence that chemotherapy prolongs survival; its use is "ethically questionable."
-Ovarian cancer: no direct evidence.
-Cervix and uterus: No improved survival.
-Head and neck: no survival benefit but occasional shrinkage of tumors.

I strongly urge you to look for an answer besides artificial drugs, surgery and radiation. Here are some books I have read from cover to cover, that are now helping me to survive way beyond my doctors' grim predictions--

"The Cure for All Cancers"
"A Cancer Therapy"
"Oxygen Therapies"
"Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle"
"The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium"
"Killing Cancer"
"Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About"

There are many other good books about surviving this disease, and you should know about this option, even if you choose to go the traditional route with it's abysmal prognosis.

And watch this--you'll be glad you did.
http://www.altcancer.com/video/hoxsey_ds...

Best of luck.

Answer 2

Unfortunately I know several women who've had to go through breast cancer treatment. A couple women had both breasts removed and were given fairly bad odds of surviving. One is now a 6 year breast cancer survivor, the other 11. Both are very, happy, healthy, and living life to the fullest. I can't tell you the particular odds of survival for your friend, but if she's getting the best care possible (as we all should when we're ill), completes her treatment (which I know can be very rough at times), and remains positive (not always easy when you face a life threatening illness), then her odds of surviving are very good. I wish her the best!

Answer 3

The answer to this question is that there is no clear single answer. Depending on the histology, TNM staging of the cancer, age of the patient, overall health and mental status, aggresiveness of the team of physicians...prognosis can range from slim to none to fairly good. I have seen node negative cancer of the brest come back in a year with central nervous system metastasis and kill the individual to patients with numerous positive lymph nodes that are still alive today...keep in mind regardless of all of the above it only takes one cell to jump ship to setup in a distant location and eventually kill...but on a lighter note as long as your friends cancer was not an inflammatory carcinoma she has a better than average chance....the IBC variation is brutal, I hope it wasn't in her case. It sounds like this is not the case as you didn't mention any neoadjuvant chemotherapy...regardless, be very supportive, keep her eating well during and after treatment and don't let her give up...and if you believe in it, pray. Good luck from the bottom of my heart.

Answer 4

Hey there Curious...

My girlfriend had breast cancer in both breasts and went on the Macrobiotic Diet. Within six months, when she went back for a mamogram, she didn't have any signs of the disease. It is a very strict diet, but it does work, there are hundreds of cases of people being cured of different types of cancer with the Macrobiotic Diet. There is a book out there, (I don't know the author, sorry), called, "Recalled by Life" that is written by a doctor that went on the diet and cured himself of terminal cancer. There are plenty of women who have followed this diet and changed their lives and their disease. You can go to the website and check out some of the testimonials of people who have had cancer and chosen an alternative road to healing.

Best of luck to you and my prayers are with you,

Answer 5

These days pretty good...my mother-in-law had breast cancer twice and is still going strong after 20 yrs...
It all depends on the type of cancer and treatment. Women live much longer these days due to new treatments...

Answer 6

When I was in 7th grade back in 1970 the School Nurse has breast cancer,one breast was removed and she had what ever chemo was available back then, She is still alive and healthy 37 years later.

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Answer 7

As long as it hasn't spread to other parts of her body, the chances are very good her breast cancer takes a hike.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

That is something u need to investigate. I chose a lumpectomy and 12 wks of rads instead of a mast. it all depends a the biospy report, the stage and grade of the tumor. u will be ok. it is hard but it will be ok

Answer 10

If it was caught early the odds for cure are excellant.