Onco type dx tests
Hi, I'm a newbie and had breast surgery last week for 16mm tumour, er+, 2 lymph nodes which are all clear, no more surgery which is great. Next step is they recomend short course chemo, radiation an...
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HI, I am also a newbie, diagnosed 5 weeks ago. I just had the oncotype DX testing done and received my results on Friday. It cost me $4500, but I chose to do it because of my age (24) and wanted to access as much information as I could. I also choose to because they were unsure if chemo would be beneficial because I have a grade 1 tumour, but had a small amount of cancer in 1 lymph node. It is a lot of money, but I personally wanted to know if chemo may be more beneficial than what they were thinking, as the risks of infertility scared me.
My testing came back with a low recurrence score of 9, and only a possible benefit of chemo being 2%, so at this stage I think they believe the benefits of chemo will not outweigh the risks. But I am still not sure! I think it is hard to decide because depending on the results of the test, will show if it is worth it or not.
That's probably not that helpful, but hopefully you can weigh up what's best for you xxx
Emma.
My testing came back with a low recurrence score of 9, and only a possible benefit of chemo being 2%, so at this stage I think they believe the benefits of chemo will not outweigh the risks. But I am still not sure! I think it is hard to decide because depending on the results of the test, will show if it is worth it or not.
That's probably not that helpful, but hopefully you can weigh up what's best for you xxx
Emma.