“Here’s where it gets interesting. I have physically seen her thrice since her diagnosis. Most of our communications have been via EPIC’s secure email (which we call MyHealth) and by telephone. I called to tell her that the ultrasonographers had determined that her axillary lymph nodes were invisible, and was about to suggest that the Oncotype DX might help her decide which part of the “three percent club” — as my friend Dan Hayes calls it — chemotherapy or hormone therapy she would fit. Before I could make my recommendation, she told me that her social network had told her about Genomic Health, and she wondered if their product would be appropriate. We arranged (unfortunately, I still had to sign several paper-based orders) for her specimen to be shipped across town to their facility in Redwood City, and then we waited.”
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Douglas Blayney, KevinMD, 27 July 2011
