Hopeful, I have refrained from publicizing the oncologist's name, although, when asked in private, I do not hesitate to name names. At the outset of my journey, I had NO family history (or friends) with b.c and thought that his dismissive attitude towards the ordering of an oncotype was based on the fact that, on the surface, my presentation seemed relatively positive: small tumor (11 mm) caught early, no spread, good margins, 95% estrogen positive. I did not know that the onco score would be used not just to plan treatment but also would give a % of recurrence rate for later, which became my chief concern as time went by. I have blamed myself for not insisting on the oncotype, but I am a child of the forties and an English teacher does not claim superiority over the wisdom and training of an oncologist in the world I grew up in. I didn't know (then) that the Modern Medical Mantra has become YOYO (You're On Your Own) It was only after all of my treatment (surgery, radiation, one full year of pills) that I began to study up.