I met with my oncologist last week for the first time (I like him very, very much!) I went in expecting to leave with a treatment plan and schedule, fully expecting to be starting chemo within days, or weeks at most. Instead, the oncologist talked to me about a test (Oncotype DX) that is being used in some cases for people with the... Read more
Hi, Just wanted to share some info my brother passed on to me. I can't verify it's legitimacy (looks like it came through Yahoo News), but thought it was rather intriguing...interesting, at least. As I told my brother, the research is probably too new to expect that it would be applied to my treatment, but I am... Read more
Has anyone been in the situation where his/her employer (through whom the patient has insurance) has changed insurance companies while the person is in treatment? It isn't a done deal yet at my work, but it is being considered and I'm a bit concerned about how that is going to affect my coverage if we go with a new insurance company. Some... Read more
I was looking through the medical records from my mom's 2 bouts with breast cancer (she died 11/29/2001 of metastatic breast cancer.) I was really looking for the chemo meds she took, essentially in anticipation of my upcoming chemo (will probably start mid-October, although I can't get in to see an oncologist until 10/4.) She... Read more
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