Has anyone been told that they have ctDNA in their bloodstream?

Thanks so much for this helpful info. I see my oncologist for my first mammo post surgery etc (one year after my last mammo, MRI etc pre surgery) - Dana Farber in Boston likes to wait one full year. I'm hoping I can ultimately be on a 6 month alternating schedule with mammo and MRI. Stay tuned and please keep us posted. I think both Guardant and Signatera are wonderful "stacking" tools and hope to go that route too as like we say early detection is really all we have to play defense! xoxo

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I don’t mind at all. I’m 65 now but was diagnosed at 64. I had more than one tumor, with the largest being 1.4 cm, so they said that mastectomy would be the better option, considering that. I had a second surgery due to the unclear margins. I started Letrozole at the end of March and am doing well on it. I had a few side affects, insomnia, some hair loss, hot flashes, but they have lessened a lot. I occasionally get an ache in my knee and finger but exercise seems to keep it away. My insurance covered the Guardant test. I have had two negative Signatera tests that insurance wouldn’t cover but Signatera covered the cost so check with them if you’re interested. Guardant is strictly a blood test while Signatera uses your tumor and blood to detect any ctdna in your bloodstream. I hope that this helps.

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Traditional Medicare covers Signatera according to a rep from Natera. Some Medicare advantage programs do and some don’t ( depending on state and region of their network).

Traditional Medicare is national wide and available in any region ( no network) for any doctor who accepts Medicare.

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