University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center now University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
As the health of her mother began to fail, Marcia Evans visited every day to watch over her. Years passed before Marcia realized she had been ignoring her own health.
It was then, during a regular mammogram, that UH doctors detected early stage breast cancer. The lump was removed at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and Marcia was then referred to the cancer care specialists at the UH Seidman Cancer Center for a new genetic test called Oncotype DX.
Without the test, chemotherapy would be the assumed treatment after surgery. However, the test results said otherwise for Marcia.
In fact, it placed her expected rate of recurrence at only five percent. Therefore, she avoided unnecessary chemotherapy, and was able to resume seeing her mother on a daily basis. Something that meant the world to both of them.