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What treatment decisions did you make with stage 1, Oncotype 34?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 24 8:40am | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Oncotype scores mean different things depending on age. Did your test indicate that chemo would not be beneficial? Some oncologists refuse to order these tests because they think they're unreliable. They look instead at the whole picture (age, cancer grade & stage, tumor size, etc) in making determination about chemo. Each of us is different.
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@jmab Hey, thanks for sharing. My oncologist didn't order an Oncotype test and I wondered why. He just said to go ahead with chemotherapy which I did. Mine was ILC, stage 2, grade 3 and 5.2 cm and I was 65, so I guess he used those measurements to determine chemo effect. I never knew why we didn't get an Oncotype and just went with his advice which was fine because cancer is gone.
Looking back, I wish I had the Oncotype to let me know recurrence score, but I recently asked NP and she did some mathematical algorithm and told me my stats, so we're all good.