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“5 year survival” starts at diagnosis or when therapy ends?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 17 9:23am | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
I just saw my Oncology N.P. I asked her that very question. She said it was from the day I had my mastectomy. Ofcourse, I did not have to have radiation or chemo after the surgery, because I was stage 1. I believe the count would start after treatment was finished for those women from what my N.P. said.
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Yes, that's because clinicians go from what they feel are the "cancer free" mark. For surgery, when they do the surgery, and for those with treatment (chemo or rad., or both) from the day they finish that treatment. Statisticians (the ones who came up with this 5 year/percentage thing in the first place) go from the day of diagnosis. I was told the same thing about the first 2-3 year higher risk period as well, but way into my surveillance time.