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Angela
Angela had none of the usual risk factors and no family history of breast cancer. But in 2006, her annual mammogram showed some calcification in her breast tissue, which can be a sign of cancer … Read Her Full Story



Gail
When Gail felt a lump during a self-exam in November 2007, she had a gut feeling that she had breast cancer … Read Her Full Story



Gretchen
Gretchen had no family history of breast cancer. But her yearly mammogram revealed a suspicious lesion that neither she nor her doctor could feel … Read Her Full Story



Jan
“Be Your Own Advocate” has always been Jan’s personal credo. So when she felt something unusual in her breast, she immediately rescheduled her mammogram for an earlier date … Read Her Full Story



Lynda
After an abnormal mammogram, a biopsy confirmed that Lynda had cancer of the left breast. She had a mastectomy, but she was still concerned about the possibility of recurrence … Read Her Full Story



Mike
Mike didn’t think men could get breast cancer. But when he found a tender lump in his right breast, he was concerned. He visited a breast cancer surgeon and was diagnosed at the age of 49 … Read His Full Story



Nancy
In April 2006, Nancy noticed a change in the appearance of one of her breasts. She wrote it off as sign of aging until she started feeling a lump … Read Her Full Story



Vilma
When Vilma had a routine screening mammogram in August of 2007, it revealed an abnormality … Read Her Full Story



Cat
Cat, a registered nurse and pharmaceutical sales representative, found a lump in her breast while taking a shower in April 2006 … Read Her Full Story



Diane
A commercial airline pilot with 27 years of experience, 50-year-old Diane is no stranger to making difficult decisions … Read Her Full Story



Deborah C.
When Deborah was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2007, the news was unwelcome, but not unexpected … Read Her Full Story



Deborah W.
In April 2007, Deborah had a mammogram after skipping a few years … Read Her Full Story



Elizabeth
In July 2005, Elizabeth, a jewelry designer and full-time mom, noticed a lump in her breast and thought it was probably a fibroid … Read Her Full Story



Joyce
When Joyce had a routine mammogram in 2006, everything seemed fine … Read Her Full Story



Katherine
In 2003, Katherine, a 53-year-old podiatrist and one of the first female karate black belts in the United States, found a lump in her breast during a self-examination … Read Her Full Story



Laurie
Laurie, a 56-year-old author and Harvard-trained anthropologist, was no stranger to cancer, having survived Stage IIIB non-Hodgkin's lymphoma … Read Her Full Story



Linda
"Of all the things that could ever happen to me in my life, I never thought I would get cancer," Linda said … Read Her Full Story



Penny
In June 2004, at the age of 55, Penny had a mammogram that raised some questions about her right breast … Read Her Full Story



Sandy
For Sandy, a 38-year-old preschool teacher and young mother, the thought of breast cancer never crossed her mind; she did not do regular breast self-examinations … Read Her Full Story



Susan
In 2004, at the age of 59, Susan, a high-school art teacher who had been married for 39 years, with three children and six grandsons, had a routine mammogram revealing an irregularity that turned out to be infiltrating ductal carcinoma ... Read Her Full Story



Susie
Susie, a retired nurse, found a dimple in her breast during a self-exam in February 2007 … Read Her Full Story



Suzie
When Suzie had a routine mammogram in September 2007, it revealed a clustering of micro-calcifications in her breast … Read Her Full Story



NOTE: The personal stories on this Web site have been selected by Genomic Health, Inc., the company that performs the Oncotype DX® test. These patients have had a positive experience following their use of the Oncotype DX test and are not intended to be representative of all patients who have received the test or all patients with early-stage breast cancer. Individual results may vary, and not all patients will find the Oncotype DX test to be useful in making treatment decisions or in raising their confidence level concerning such treatment decisions.

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