Within a week, she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, known as “HR-positive, HER2-negative, node-negative”. They went ahead with the Oncotype test (a genetic test) by sending a sample to the US. The Oncotype test is a great way of speeding things up and is so accurate,” she says. “Without the Oncotype test I would have been put straight into chemotherapy . “I cried tears of joy the day she told me I didn’t need to have chemotherapy.”

Source: The Irish Times June 20, 2020 02:26 UTC