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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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Thankyou for starting the conversation Teta and sorry that you have to make these types of decisions at all - it must be difficult.
While we wait for others to respond with their own experience, you may also like to read out website page https://www.bcna.org.au/resources/screening-and-diagnosis/family-history-and-genetics/genomic-testing-tumour-profiling
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!
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?
