|
Hi Ladies,
I want to let you know that the Oncotype DX test is now available to check ER/PR numbers. I just had my slides sent out this week for testing. I'm not sure if insurance will cover it yet. I hope so...the cost is $3000. The pathologist at my lab thought this is the most accurate way to test ER/PR percentages.
I will let you know how the results compare to the ones I received upon re-reveiw by my hospital pathology dept. (60% ER positive and 5-10% PR positive).
Best,
Janelle
__________________
Janelle
Diagnosed October 2006 at age 37 wtih grade 3 IDC and high grade DCIS
Stage 1c triple positive, no node involvement but
vascular invasion
multifocal disease
Lumpectomy November, 2006
A/C every 3 weeks (started Jan., 2007 and finished March 2007); followed weekly Taxol (finished June 2007) concurrent with Herceptin (finished March 2008);
Bilateral Mast with immediate recon in Sept 2007; finished recon Dec. 2007
Started 5 years of tamoxifen Nov. 2007; started peptide vaccine clinical trial at MD Anderson October 2008 and finished active part of trial in April 2009 (monthly injections of AE37 peptitde (HLA type specific) with GM-CSF or GM-CSF alone depending on if I was in experimental or control group); started Zometa infusions June 25, 2009- 4mg every 6 months for 3 years (taking it "off-label" to try to prevent mets)
|