They are already in your bloodstream, whether you’re one grade or another. Cancer sheds cells that detach and go into blood stream almost always. They usually don’t survive more than a few hours. However, some do survive and might remain dormant until an event that triggers metastasis. It’s nothing you can control and I don’t believe it has to do with cancer dividing cells vs just detachment. If you want to know how many of those you have in your blood, a test called Signatera is available and often covered by insurance. It’s best to do it after all your treatments and surgeries are done to check on any residual disease or new recurrence.

Thanks @A MyBCTeam Member❤️ I think we have to keep in mind that we come from all walks of life and even though that walk lead us on this same path we still can and have different opinions about everything and I think we all just need to remember that . If we were on a religious, cooking or political group we would all have different opinions and none of us would be right or wrong but everyone listens and forms their own.

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@A MyBCTeam Member Please don't go. This is a place for women with Breast cancer. Women who have been in treatments for years, newly diagnosed, we talk about the steps we had to take after diagnoses, the surgeries, the treatments, side effects, the physical and emotional aspects of having breast cancer. Firsthand experiences from women living with Breast cancer. And then there are opinions about everything in regard to breast cancer. Everyone does have thoughts, feelings and opinions about everything, but an opinion is not fact, its words by a person who believes in something. Opinions can make others think and drive them to researching but we are not medical professionals, so our opinions are not valid proof of anything. Usually someone who shares an opinion will say 'I think....
This is a pretty close-knit group of women who share, support, offer encouragement, celebrate little miracles to women battling this disease.
Please reconsider and stay with us. 🥰

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I'm fortunate my Dr is knowledgeable and I do my research so I know what questions to ask prior to treatment. Unfortunately my grade 3.3 doesn't have the patience to try alternative meds. It spreads quickly. They are doing the chemo before my radiation. I only have 8 treatments. I had a mammogram 12/83. My marble like tumor was 1.5 cm by June 2024 found by me. I found it late June July. Surgery 10/3 and it made it to my sentinel but Thank God no further! My onco gene score was 40! With chemo, radiation, and hormone therapy I have a survival rate of 84% This far outweighs the risk of the chemo. This is my case. It may not be for everyone.I also have to go to Oncology Cardiologist from Brighams and Women's. Because I'm over 65, we need to make sure my heart can take the chemo. I'm strong . I'm keeping positive.

Just about everything is a carcinogen these days. I never had chemo but understand very well some women need to have it. CHEMO is given by IV and are harsh drugs that have been killing cancers since the 1940's. Any drug we take has poisons not just chemo but sometimes we have to do certain things to get the best result possible. Every womans cancer is different, what the stage & grade are, Ki67 and other biomarkers are. How much estrogen dependent the tumor is. When women want questions answered it would be most helpful to include some of that information when you ask a question.
I personally don't believe in alternative treatments for something as lethal as cancer . I would have to see data on 1000 women after 5 years of doing nothing but treating their cancer with food and supplements and that means no drugs used for cancer treatment. An alternative approach means just that, an alternative. Not half cancer drugs and half alternative.