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Completing 5 years on Anastrozole: Did you continue or stop after 5?

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May I ask, what is the genetic testing? I’m almost at five years.

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beyourownadvocate | @beyourownadvocate | Jan 13 2:24pm

@sharon35981
Invitae is the company. My oncologist referred to them at my initial appointment.

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beyourownadvocate | @beyourownadvocate | Jan 13 11:03pm

@sharon35981

The genetic testing was done at the very beginning of my diagnosis. The California company was Invitae.
It serves clinics nationwide so my doctors in Iowa and Nebraska were familiar with it.

The results showed I have only a 14% for reoccurrence and that I did not need chemotherapy to precede my radiation. It also was determined by my latest oncologist (5 years into my journey) that I only needed the five years of anastrozole. (Cancer treatment is evolving which is good thing for us).
It’s an out of pocket expense ( $1500 in 2020), but it also showed that my daughter, son and granddaughters were not likely to develop DCIS.

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