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DCIS genetic testing and Tamoxifen
Hi everyone, I’m new to the group :) . I’m 48 and I was diagnosed with high grade DCIS in March 2020. I had surgery and I’m just over half way through Radiotherapy. I am trying to decide whether ...
@ddon I didn’t want to pay for it cos I thought it was $5000, but then they told me that test was different (oncotype DX) and this one was free. I was quite clueless about them all. Either way I wouldn’t have really had the money as I’m unemployed. Id already had a double mastectomy, so in terms of chemo/radio they said it wouldn’t make a difference. But they did say it would be good to know for removing the ovaries later, and also for my daughter and sisters. I wonder why I did it through blood and you through saliva