Wednesday, December 26, 2007
the doctor just told my mom she has invasive ductal carcinoma and she has 2 to 5 years to live is that true
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12/27/07 4:52pm
Hello and welcome to our community. We'll do our best to help you sift through all that's coming your way right now with your mom's recent diagnosis.
Please see:
Invasive/Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)
http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/types-36003-5.html
Breast Cancer: Just Diagnosed?
http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/just-diagnosed.html
Timeline from Diagnosis to First Oncology Visit
http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/9317/15285/comments/
(Be sure to read the comments to the last post listed above.)
Let me know if I can help you find more specific information. I'd be glad to. And, encourage your mom to visit our community as well. There are MANY women on our site who can help her immensely.
Keep us posted on your mother's progress. Write again soon. We're here -- for both of you.
Best,
Maria
1/10/08 3:20pm
There are so many things the doctors look at to determine their statistical prediction of estimated survival. I can tell you that my original "prognosis" given by the surgeon at my biopsy was 18 months (that was 19 months ago and I'm currently disease free). All the scans and biopsy pathology diagnosed me as stage IV, HER2+, HR-, invasive ductile carcinoma, NOS (mets to liver and skelatal). I had clinical symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer (that didn't show up on the biopsy but this SOB like to hide and not show up on scans and pathologies) which gave me the 18 months (40% 5-year survival rate). Since I was HER2+ I was a candidate for Herceptin which shrunk the seventeen cm tumor mass down to undetectible in the 24 weeks of chemotherapy I went through. So my prognosis with the HER2 is long term survival (hopefully disease free).
I met someone living with breast cancer for 25 years, she just finally went into remission.
In general, early stage breast cancer has about a 90% 5-year survival rate. Some respond well to treatment and never have a recurrance. Others don't respond well and they loose their battles.
So ask the doc lots of questions and find out all your options, then get ready to support your mom in the fight of a lifetime because 2-5 years isn't acceptable!
Hugs
Jessi (diagnosed when 31, now 33).
http://www.mdjunction.com/breast-cancer/articles/too-young-for-breast-cancer
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Dear Dorbrad1 - without the details, no one here can say true or not. It's my personal belief that only God can say when we go. Doctors can only predict. That said,
Get a second opinion. There are too many of us survivors who have much longer prognosises. My oncologist may not be the most personable guy in the world, but the one thing he did say was that he could fight the invasive ductal carcinoma I have. I know, personally, of women who have been in stage iv and gone on to live decades. Please do not, and don't let your mom, give up after one opinion.
My personal advice is to get a second opinion asap.
Good luck and keep us posted.