Onco=18, age: early 40s

I'm an oncotype 18, was 38 at diagnosis. Stats below. Three oncs plus the surgeon said I had to do some sort of chemo--the disagreement came in how strong a regimen to do. One onc wanted TACx6, another onc and the surgeon wanted ACx4, and the third onc suggested FACx6 (5fu plus AC), which was a middle of the road chemo, and which was what I went with. After I was done with chemo, my main onc said she probably would've put me on TCx4 based on info from the San Antonion onc conference that she attended after I'd started chemo.

I was BRCA negative, but have a very strong history of cancer, including my mom who just died of bc six months ago and my father who died of pancreatic cancer. I was told that I probably have a variation of BRCA mutation that hasn't been discovered yet.  That being said, my age and tumor size were the driving factors behind the chemo, with the gray area of oncotype 18 sort of helping to decide not to do HT only. I was told by one onc that the only way I could skip chemo was if my oncotype was very, very low.

TACx6=Taxol, Adriamycin, Cytoxin, six rounds, 3 weeks apart

ACx4=Adriamycin, Cytoxin, four rounds, 3 weeks apart

FACx6=5fu, Adriamycin, Cytoxin, six rounds, 3 weeks apart, with an extra dose of 5fu on day 8 of the cycle

CAFx6 (which is what I ultimately ended up on after starting FACx6)=5fu, Adriamycin, Cytoxin, six rounds, 3 weeks apart, no extra dose of 5fu on day 8.

 Hope that helps. Thanks for the condolences, too.