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Teta
Member
20 days ago

Molecular Profiling? Chemo?

Hi All,

I'm recently diagnosed and my pathology reports from recent lumpectomy shows

ER+, Grade 3, Ki67 20%, LVI present. 

All 6 Lymph nodes clear. 

I'm 47, fit, strong and healthy :) It's hard to believe this is happening in my body while I feel so normal. Apart from cording from my sentinel node biopsy! 

My specialists are recommending numerous treatment options, including precautionary chemo for 3 months. They've also mentioned Molecular profiling to see if my cells would respond to chemo or not.  Also radiation and hormone blockers. 

I'm seriously considering doing molecular profiling so my questions are:

Has anyone here made the financial investment to do this?

How did it affect your outcome and final treatment decisions?

Looking forward to hearing. 

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    Jen53
    Member
    20 days ago

    I was going to do chemo for Grade 3 tumor until the molecular testing came back to say my cells would not respond to it.

    Interestingly my older sister had a grade 2 tumor and they thought she would not need chemo but after  her molecular profiling results, they rushed her in to start chemo. 

    So if you can - do it!

    • Teta's avatar
      Teta
      Member
      18 days ago

      Jen53​ Thank you so much for sharing your journey! I think information is power, especially when it comes to our bodies, so I'm keen to gather as much as I can...it's encouraging to hear your outcome, especially given the cost of the testing. Which test did you and your sister end up doing? 

      Can I ask what path did you end up going down instead? And how have you been after? How did your sister go throughout her chemo journey?