← Return to “5 year survival” starts at diagnosis or when therapy ends?

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@kathyomaha55

How interesting. My oncologist refused to do the BCI test - unless I promised to do another 5 years of Exemestane, which I refused, I hit my 5 year mark of the Drug on 11/1/2023 - and said I was done. I wanted the BCI test - but they said no. Then said another 5 years of AI would probably decrease my reoccurrence rate by < 3%. I just could not do another 5 years! But why refuse me the test? Very frustrating. I was stage 1 grade 3B, no lymph nodes involved, Onco was 22, No chemo, lumpectomy with 21 radiation treatments, 5 years of AI.

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It's in the NCCN guidelines. Maybe if you do the legwork, print out the paperwork, contact the lab that stored your specimens and then present the last page for MD to sign!

Find another doctor, get a second opinion. Good doctors won't mind. Stick to your guns if you feel a medication isn't for you. It sounds crazy for less than 3% chance.

If you want the test, ask a 2nd opinion Dr. if he will do that.