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Wondering if I'm taking the right path...

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 23, 2024 | Replies (33)

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@copingatround2 the Oncotype test is done on tumors that are ER+ and HER2- with up to 3 positive nodes. Many of us who would have had chemo before this kind of testing (Mammaprint is another one) avoided chemo as a result of a low score. I had a grade 3 cancer, highish Ki67%, lymphovascualar invasion and a positive then equivocal then negative HER2! I as headed for chemo but my Oncotype was 8. I did letrozole for 5 years after double mastectomy. No radiation or chemo. I am 10 years out knock on wood.

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I had both Oncotype and Mammaprint and the Onctyoe can back with a score of 29 (in the category thst I would benefit from chemo) and the Manmaprint came back as low risk. So I view both of these tests as one indicator along with your other prognostic values I did not do chemo and will never know if that is the right decision but in my case, the Oncotype was the outlier saying I was high risk when all my prognostic values and Mammaprint said low risk.