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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 21 7:48am | Replies (1935)Comment receiving replies
"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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Yes. The recurrence score was 6%, but the oncologist wrote down 10%. The cancer was bilateral and it was everywhere, but very early stage like an explosion (don’t even go there…because I always had my routine screenings…it’s a story ).
But it will all get sorted out at my appointment. But I am curious if they will discuss the Breast Cancer Index test.