negative result from pathology report, is it possible?

I am wondering why they didn't provide you a copy of your biopsy report. My breast surgeon went over all the results with me. We talked about what everything meant and he gave me a copy. Since I had er+ cancer hormone therapy was discussed. I had an MRI and we talked about the 2 small tumors and a suspicious area.

The tumor board reviewed the information and recommended a simple mastectomy. The oncologist I met with after my surgery suggested an oncodx test to determine possible chemo(after tumor removed).

It is possible you had a tumor that was larger or in a certain position that suggested the chemo prior to surgery would be beneficial, the breast surgeon should have explained it to you. If you had a complete response then the tumor bed removed would show no active cancer cells. You would need to have it removed to absolutely know this, an MRI and mammogram are not going to give you that info.

Did you have cancer detected in the lymph nodes before doing chemo? If you had more than 3 positive nodes or you were hormone receptor negative er and pr or her2 positive the oncodx test would not apply for you.

There is a standard of care surgery, possible chemo and radiation and hormone therapy but sometimes chemo is given first to reduce the size of a tumor not all early stage cancers are treated the same other factors come into play. Your doctor should explain all of this to you before you start treatment.

ugh