Hello Dr.,
What percentage of the time does chemo actually obliterate an existing tumor or lesion, rather than just shrink it? So many of us are told we are “cancer free”, only a few months later to be told a “new” tumor or lesion has been identified on a scan. It makes for quite a roller coaster ride on this disease. If you don’t have the BRCA related genes, then our recurrence for disease is very high and I wish (after having been in that situation for just about 3 years now) that drs would just stop with “cancer free” and at least order the CA19-9 every 2 weeks for patients during this period.