High Risk Oncotype Dx score

life....the OncotypeDX score used for DCIS indicates whether or not radiation and/or endocrine therapy is warranted. A high score means you would benefit from more treatment compared to a patient with a lower score. That said, with aggressive treatment, you are less likely to have DCIS again and hopefully less likely to get an invasive breast cancer. Keep in mind the OncotypeDX scores for DCIS and for invasive breast cancer are very different and also quite similar. Both tests attempt to identify who would most benefit from less or more treatment because a decade ago more patients with dcis and invasive tumors were getting more treatment because physicians couldn't distinguish who could defer aggressive treatment.

Please rest assured that your tumor was caught early AND no one knows with certainty whether or not it would have become invasive in your lifetime. If you continued to feel overwhelmed by your score, talk to your team and/or consider joining a support group.

I wish you well!

LifeOfBabbs, I hated my oncodx score of 34 and felt envious of those with scores less than 10. I too felt like the number 34 walking around just waiting for cancer to come back. I wouldn't do the recommended chemo because I was afraid of the chemo more than the cancer. I was in excellent health I wanted to keep it that way.

As time goes by that prognosis gets better and the number 58 will fade away.