Madness? Cancer is madness!! I’ve wondered if they need to use chaos theory to determine where the next cancer cell may pop up! Cancer seems like a chaotic monster that may be sneaking around my body.

Looking at the type cancer you have, the prognosis, and risk factors helps make that determination of whether current side effects and damage to some other healthy cells are worth staving off the monster. Each of us decides what is most important to us.

My understanding of some of the current research is that they are looking at the make up of the parenchyma (the cell matrix surrounding glands) and how it feeds or blocks cancer. If cancer can thrive in the cellular makeup of our unique parenchyma then invasive cancer is much more likely to continue to grow and find its way into the blood or lymph system.

If an invasive cancer had moved beyond the ducts/glands, is the parenchyma in my breast supporting further growth? How fast was it replicating? Do I have a lot of estrogen producing cells?

So many factors to consider.