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How do you cope with a new diagnosis of breast cancer?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (21)
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@dolphina3

You are lucky they do an oncotype where you live so far we don't have it in my part of Canada. They go by type, size invasiveness.

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windyshores | @windyshores | May 8, 2023

@dolphina3 can you get an Oncotype and use their patient assistance? I had grade 3 with high ki67%, equivocal then negative GER2, and lymphovascular invasion. Without an Oncotype I would have been a slam dunk for chemo. With the Oncotype I avoided it. I am 8 years out.

In Canada, if you are highly ER= and PR+, do they omit chemo on the idea the hormonal meds will be effective?

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