Oncotype test
Just wondering has anyone had the oncoytype test and told they don't need chemo as low % of cancer returning. And the cancer has come back ?
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Hi @Pommy8
I was never recommended the oncotype test as my own circumstances didn’t put me in the “ grey zone”.
I had a large tumour that hadn’t spread to my lymph nodes ( “ big and dumb” said my surgeon” so I was recommended mastectomy , radiotherapy and hormone therapy but not chemo .
All of these medical decisions are essentially a “ numbers game” and for myself I placed my trust in my ( extremely experienced) medical team.
Years ago I had surgery for a detached retina and my surgeon said there was a 5 percent chance that it would detach again ( which it did)
I remember my surgeon saying “ percentages are suddenly meaningless if you are the small percent”.
I guess what I’m saying is there is always a chance cancer may come back no matter what treatment we have - but we live in a first world country with an excellent medical system so we should do our best not to anxiously think about what might be but rather try and get on with life and enjoy all the good things we have.
Hope that’s not too “ Pollyanna”.
Take care .🌺
I was never recommended the oncotype test as my own circumstances didn’t put me in the “ grey zone”.
I had a large tumour that hadn’t spread to my lymph nodes ( “ big and dumb” said my surgeon” so I was recommended mastectomy , radiotherapy and hormone therapy but not chemo .
All of these medical decisions are essentially a “ numbers game” and for myself I placed my trust in my ( extremely experienced) medical team.
Years ago I had surgery for a detached retina and my surgeon said there was a 5 percent chance that it would detach again ( which it did)
I remember my surgeon saying “ percentages are suddenly meaningless if you are the small percent”.
I guess what I’m saying is there is always a chance cancer may come back no matter what treatment we have - but we live in a first world country with an excellent medical system so we should do our best not to anxiously think about what might be but rather try and get on with life and enjoy all the good things we have.
Hope that’s not too “ Pollyanna”.
Take care .🌺