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walkingman

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2. Reminds me that my oncologist tells me that with cancer you are in remission

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 04:36 PM

Apr 1

not necessarily cured. After chemo in many cases you have radiation because if there are any "stray cells" that the chemo has not killed they are subject to spreading through your bloodstream.

That is why is it so devastating for a young person to get cancer because the odds of it coming back increase as the year go by even though it might be years.

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