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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
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Thank you. My Oncotype score was also 8, so no chemo. And my risk at 9-10 year recurrence is 10%. My tumors were grade 2 and 3. I don’t know if they will do the Breast Cancer Index test to see if AI will continue or to try to determine risk of late occurrence.
My guess is I won’t continue because my oncologist said I only had a few more months to stick it out. But knowing there is a five year test is new to me. But baby steps! First step, MRI with breast surgeon. That has to be clear first, after which I will reconfirm what all my numbers meant when I see my oncologist and will also ask about this Breast Cancer Index test. I would like to have it done even if his plan is to discontinue the AI.
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"My Oncotype score was also 8, so no chemo. And my risk at 9-10 year recurrence is 10%.:"
I've seen the results of seversl OncotypeDX tests and I've never seen a result where the risk of recurrence is higher than the Recurrence Score. Are you sure that you're not conflating the Recurrence Score (which is a number) with the Risk of Recurrence, which is followed by the % sign on the report (and assumes one takes anti-hormone therapy)? If you are noting the correct numbers, could this be because two different tumors were tested?
As an example my Recurrence Score was 9 but "risk of loco-regionsl recurrence....9 years" was 3%.
Buy they really should use less similar names for the two results as the majority of customers' calls are about the confusing terminology.
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My doc didn't know about the BCI three years ago but it is now NCCN approved. I had to bring it to my doc and tell them about it 🙂