Oncotype

I know I’m a bit late to this discussion but I absolutely agree on the importance of getting better access to this test.  I paid for my own ($5K) and feel for those women who cannot afford this (also on top of many other out-of-pocket) costs. But just as an example, of “cost-benefit”, after my 1st TC chemo round when I ended up in hospital for 5 days with febrile neutropenia, I was prescribed Neulasta injections for subsequent rounds.  These are covered under the PBS, so I paid $45 dollars per shot, but the actual cost that the govt pays is $15K per injection. So that is $45K that the govt PBS paid to support my treatment.  Now I know not everyone gets Neulasta, but imagine if I didn’t really “need” chemo (my score was 38 - so I did!!), couldn’t afford the cost of the Oncotype test and went ahead with chemo anyway.  A potential huge waste of govt (taxpayers) money.  Not to mention all the other direct and “indirect” costs.