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@janiern2 I hear you on all the difficult decisions we have to make for cancer treatment. My cancer was very similar to yours except my Oncotype was a 29, much higher than my doctors and I expected. I decided to also do the Mammaprint since the Oncotype was so unexpected and the Mammaprint came back with a low risk of recurrence. Until I took the Mammaprint my doctor said I should have chemo which I pushed back on because the Oncotype result was the outlier compared to all of my other clinical factors. After much debate and a really stressful time, and consulting the tumor board and two other external doctors for a second opinion(total of 10 doctors) they all agreed no chemo. It was a reversal of a recommendation that would not have occurred if I didn’t push for the Mammaprint. So I understand the real stress these difficult discussions place on all patients. How did you doctor determine your risk of recurrence? Did they use the RSCLIN model to determine your risk or was it determined by the score on the Oncotype? In terms of bone health, I totally agree with you that some oncologists don’t really discuss in detail the impacts on bone health and I really feel that is a big mistake. Bone health is so so critical and it is something I didn't pay much attention to all of my life. I was just blessed with good bones until my breast cancer diagnosis and taking the Anastrozole. My risk of recurrence according to my Oncotype with taking Anastrozole was much higher and two years post my cancer treatment they came out with the RSCLIN model which takes into consideration your age and other clinical factors that the Oncotype does not. The RSCLIN model showed that 95% of people with my age, tumor size and grade, are not expected to have a recurrence, and 5% of the people would have a recurrence and 3% of the people with a recurrence would benefit from chemo. I am just sharing all of this because it is just another example of difficult potentially life altering decisions we all have to make. You are very wise to think about your bone health and get comfortable with the direction you want to go.

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@vegada Thank you for this information. I do not know anything really about the RSCLIN model so I will be researching that now. A little more about myself, I am 63, follow a very healthy lifestyle with daily exercise (limited now but starting back soon), normal weight range, healthy diet, relatively low stress level (recently retired that helps!). I know these factors help. Also, I was taking hormone replacement therapy 10 years prior to my diagnosis (I wished I had stopped but thought it was beneficial to my overall health). I know the HRT had an impact as my small tumor (1.2 cm with 8 mm invasion) grade actually went down from grade 2 to grade 1 from biopsy (4/15/26) until my surgery (6/26/26). There are studies to support that as well, but they can also say r/t having more tissue to analyze, but I feel quite strongly it had impac and I don't see how it could not have. But of course, I discontinued immediately upon my diagnosis. I am awaiting results now of genetic testing and then the Signatera lab as well. My recovery has been pretty smooth. I am very thankful but I follow things closely. Take care and thank you for this information! Prayers and hugs to you and all reading this on your journey.