How many rounds of TC did you do?

Hi Grace, I stopped at 4. Was never offered 6. I am assuming going to six is because of your 1 positive node.

I hope you are feeling ok overall. Hopefully you have a few more weeks to decide. ((Hugs))

My treatment protocol was TC x 4 because of tumor histology and also node negative was part of the equation. Sounds as though you have a thoughtful oncologist. If he's admitting that maybe the increased benefit isn't worth the cost, and if he's clarifying by sharing whatever % risk that means, etc., you'll be able to weigh the risk benefits and decide the right choice for you.

I'm worn out after 4. I finished 13 days ago, and I'm still SO exhausted. I can imagine that two more would be very difficult, but people do it.... they are made of steel,those people? Somehow, people do get through much worse protocols than what I had. I've been thinking all along that life/myself was on PAUSE during chemo, and I suppose I could have summoned up more strength for a longer treatment, but I can totally get where you're coming from...

I'm older than you, lower grade tumor but did have more node involvement. Thinking back my oncologist may have mentioned 6 rounds but by the time we got going, 4 was the plan. We never discussed more and I handled chemo really well.

My Oncotype DX was 59. In my case, that score had nothing to do with planning my treatment or my chemo regimen. It just was the decider about getting chemo or not.

My oncologist had my chemo treatment regimen planned way before we knew that number. He said that my chemo tx was based on my tumor pathology, surgical pathology, node -+ information, etc. I'm quite sure he follows the NCCN treatment guidelines. That's a collection of research data that we all benefit from, where meta-data analyses are guiding ever-more-successful treatments and outcomes.

He explained my chemo plan and which factors informed it, many weeks before we had the Oncotype DX score back. My chemo started 4 weeks after BMX surgery. He ordered the Oncotype DX after he'd seen the surgical path. report, because suddenly thought that there might be a chance that I would fall into a Maybe No Chemo After All category.

My Grade 3 is a BAD thing. But, Node negative is a GOOD thing. Once the surgical margins came back clear, and also the node negative information was good news, and also the whole path report clarified that the tumor didn't have vascularization or lymphatic involvement, he was kind of hoping that my Oncotype DX would tip the other way, and maybe I wouldn't need chemo. So, he ordered it at THAT point. It's a proprietary test, but I'm guessing that it weighs the Grade 3 information quite heavily. And, that Grade 3 is my scariest dx fact, of course....