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Signatera Test. Is it truly helpful and worthwhile?
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Hi and thx for sharing! May I ask what stage you are? My MO is at Dana Farber and again said the Signatera is not "standard of care" - I have Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer which is often not picked up on mammograms - I got lucky - lumpectomy and radiation and letrozole now for 5-10 yrs. I wish I had asked for a baseline after surgery via Signatera but now that more data is out there I don't understand why so many oncologists won't help their patients - I understand insurance is a big component but some of us would like the information to minimize the constant anxiety of a reoccurrence. In the USA Medicare covers if stage 2 - I am technically stage 1, but grade 2 therefore just curious what stage you are - much appreciated. xo
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Pink Lotus lets you order signatera directly through their website ($200 admin fee out of pocket). Its the same breast cancer clinic that Angelina Jolie went to - Dr Funk. She strongly believes that all women with breast cancer should have access to the test so she made it available, which is fantastic. And you're right - its not standard of care and the docs don't know what to do with early stage patients if Signatera comes back positive, which frankly I think is a poor reason not to offer it to patients because at least you can be aware and try to look at what your options are / start preparing.
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I'm Stage 4 Metastatic BC. all within a year. The Doctor At MD Anderson ONLY uses Signaterra and not Tumor Markers to determine if the Cancer is on the move or not. I think it's well worth a simple blood test.