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Do you send multiple Oncotype testing for each sample in a multifocal or multicentric breast cancer?

Tumor size and grade meet criteria for oncotype testing in all foci.
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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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I would consider this only if our pathologists report significant differences in the appearance or histologic grade hormone receptor expression of different foci; even then, my inclination (in most cases) would be to have them submit only the focus with the highest grade or lowest ER/PR expression, ...

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