Great article about the gene test

It's interesting how many people I've spoken to who have not heard about the gene testing. BFF Kristin from Iowa sent me this article:

Test tells which cancer patients can skip chemo

SAN ANTONIO - Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.

One study found that certain women did better — were less likely to die or have a relapse — if given a less harsh drug than Adriamycin, a mainstay of treatment for decades.

Another study found that a gene test can help predict whether some women need chemo at all — even among those whose cancer has spread to their lymph nodes, which typically brings full treatment now.

The gene test in particular "will start changing practice nearly immediately," said Dr. Peter Ravdin of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "The results are compelling that this test ... helps select patients who will most benefit from chemotherapy."

There are so many new tests and treatments now and I am feeling so confident about my doctors. I know it's going to be a long wait to get the results, but I'm pleased that my doctors are pushing for the genetic testing.