Claire,
I want you to look at this in a different way, if you can. First you have to realize that the statistics are only truly relavent to the people from whom they obtained the information to form the stats, and second you are a completely different person from all of them. They had a different stage disease and their bodies reacted in a way that is different from the way your body will react to the chemotherapy. Thirdly I'd like you to remember even if their stats are right or close to being right, there are still the people who survived and I just know with all your spunk you will be a survivor. You'll be one of those forty or so percent that survive!
Positive thinking is a very powerful force, and it can help your body to move in a new direction if you work at it. I know you're a bit down right now after your appointment but remember you are still here, and that is what matters.
Remember, The Power of Positive Thinking...
Lou Graham