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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 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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dolphina3 | @dolphina3 | May 8, 2023

They don't do them here yet. They couldn't tell me what cell type my Triple Negative cancer was either.
It was automatic chemo because of size of tumor 5.8cm and an aggressive cancer. They shrunk the tumor so I could do lumpectomy if I wanted. I had grade 2A but think it was 2 B because of size but not in lymph nodes.
If you have high grade anything it is pretty much chemo for sure.
It would have to be stage 0 or possibly stage 1 to not have chemo.

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