Johns Hopkins develops free app to estimate recurrence.

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  • doxie
    doxie Member Posts: 1,455
    edited October 2016

    Interesting because it uses Ki67 to add a proliferation factor on top of grade, which also factors that in.

    One thing to keep in mind is that Ki67 can very widely depending on what lab is testing it and when the tumor is tested. Ki67 results can increase when tested on surgical tumors after a needle biopsy. Cell proliferation increases reflecting the effort to repair the damage of the biopsy, making it appear that a tumor is more aggressive than in the biopsy.

    This aligned with my Oncotype score. These tools often don't work for my tumor. I am a high grade two and averaging grade two results with grade three drew a match. My tumor was removed in full with a surgical biopsy, so I feel relatively confident that the Ki67 is relatively accurate.

    Edited to add: For those of you HER2+++ I played around and plugged in positive. I'm always curious because my tumor tested at +1, not high enough for additional testing. For grade two, the risk moved up a point and for grade three, it declined. Very interesting. I think it shows how effective treatment is now for HER2 +++ breast cancer.

  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited October 2016

    Doxie - It is interesting. My stats don't really line up since the ki67 (22%) throws a wrench into things. I ran the estimator and it was not able to give me a number with 95% confidence, so it did not provide any information at all.

  • doxie
    doxie Member Posts: 1,455
    edited October 2016

    Was the Ki67 % from your biopsy or surgery? Also, tumors are not homogenous throughout.

  • KathyL624
    KathyL624 Member Posts: 217
    edited October 2016

    To the tumors are not homogeneous issue do you think there is a better chance that smaller tumors are assessed more completely?

  • KathyL624
    KathyL624 Member Posts: 217
    edited October 2016

    Also I think oncotype is still necessary. The Ki score is only one part of the picture and most top centers don't even use it

  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited October 2016

    My ki-67 was from surgery - the surgery was preventive and the tumor was found in an area away from the excisional biopsy I'd had four month earlier which found ALH/ADH.

  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited October 2016

    I agree KathyL - I'm very glad to know my oncotype, and I paid very little out of pocket for it.

  • Jenwith4kids
    Jenwith4kids Member Posts: 635
    edited October 2016

    This is only applicable for node-negative... :(

  • tangandchris
    tangandchris Member Posts: 1,855
    edited October 2016

    I just pulled out my pathology report to see if I could utilize this link....all along I thought I was grade 2, but turns out I was grade 3. wth??

    Anyway, my pathology doesn't give a clear KI-67, just says Intermediate approx 10% of cells staining.

    It's probably for the best that I don't get into these things, it's like a big ole rabbit hole for me.

  • Carlsoda
    Carlsoda Member Posts: 249
    edited October 2016

    what is KI-67? I looked on my pathology report but can't find anything....at least I don't know what I am looking for nor do I know what it means :) thanks!

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