Advice for anyone with an oncotype test result

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cookiegal
cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
edited June 2014 in Stage I Breast Cancer

Make sure you get the full report!

For node negs it is three pages, for positive it is 4 pages.

It has a LOT of information, and you can see the math behind the RS. You even see how you did on various parts of the test. (For example ER)

It is so much more than just a score. You can see how women in your RS did on chemo vs. no chemo.

Lots of docs don't automatically give the report to you, so make sure to ask.

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  • trail2
    trail2 Member Posts: 98
    edited April 2011

    thanks cookiegal,  I am node negative, and just got a copy of the first page, but the day I was at the BS, the report had just come in.  I go back this thursday so I am going to call and ask about it.  I met with the oncologist this past friday and they are recommending chemo, so I would like to see the rest of the report. 

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited April 2011

    Good luck! I don't know much about how multi focal effects all this. Try to get a second opinion on which chemo.!!!

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  • BioAdoptMom3
    BioAdoptMom3 Member Posts: 198
    edited April 2011
    Thanks for your advice!  This came at the perfect time for me because I get my score on 4/19.

    Nancy
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2011

    Good advice! I asked for copies of all my reports from advise here when I was first diagnosed. I was surprised that there was a few times that I had to correct or remind a doctor about something on the report that they had forgotten or missed during conversations! They see many patients each day ... No one is more invested in knowing your history better than yourself!

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