Oncotype Testing

Hi SylviaM, I couldn’t agree with you more. I took the Oncotype test in September 2021 with hope that I would not need chemo. It was a hard decision due to the obvious cost involved, I paid exactly $5,000 none of which was covered. I received the results 3 weeks later and I graded higher in recurrence than what was expected by my Oncology team. It was disheartening to have gone through the test and be told I needed chemo anyway… It’s absurd that such a test could help patients avoid the harsh physical and emotional effects of chemo alongside the time & costs involved and it is not covered by Medicare. I was advised that Oncology teams have been arguing to change this and it is all to do with government, politics, pharmaceutical body. Not many can easily afford this and it is crushing to know it could have helped so many people.
All the very best to you x