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No, Of course there isn't....This is just a teenage girl that doesn't want to experience the discomfort of the treatment, and a mom who can't be adult enough to step in and get her to see the consequences of her decisions....I notice also that an article posted earlier (hat tip Minnie) said that the remission rate was 85% for 5 years....What about after that? What is the success rate after that? In the end I agree that she should get the chemo, but I just don't agree that the State should be forcing her at the point of a gun to do it.
10 year survival rates is 80 percent.
After 10 years they consider the patient as cured.
My good friend who was in his 20s and in med school ( now a retired MD ) diagnosed himself as having Hodgkins.
He had the Chemo over 45 years ago and is now enjoying his retirement.
Here are some stats
The American Cancer Society’s estimates for Hodgkin disease in the United States for 2014 are:
About 9,190 new cases (4,120 in females and 5,070 in males)
About 1,180 deaths (510 females, 670 males) from this cancer
Hodgkin disease can occur in both children and adults. It is most common in early adulthood (ages 15 to 40, especially in a person’s 20s), where it is mostly of the nodular sclerosis subtype, and in late adulthood (after age 55), where the mixed cellularity subtype is more common. Hodgkin disease is rare in children younger than 5 years of age. About 10% to 15% of cases are diagnosed in children and teenagers.
Because of advances in treatment, survival rates have improved in the past few decades.
The 1-year relative survival rate for all patients diagnosed with Hodgkin disease is now about 92%; the 5-year and 10-year survival rates are about 85% and 80%, respectively.
Certain factors such as the stage (extent) of Hodgkin disease and a person’s age affect these rates. For more detailed survival rates based on the stage of disease, as well as a discussion of other factors that affect survival, see the section “Survival rates for Hodgkin disease by stage.”
What are the key statistics about Hodgkin disease?