PreludeDx Patient Advocacy

flat lay of DCISionRT Folder, Breast Cancer books, and a hat.

PreludeDx Partnership

In the fall of 2024, I began a patient advocacy partnership with PreludeDx. Their focus on DCIS makes our partnership quite meaningful to me.

Their product, DCISionRT, is the only DCIS test to predict radiation therapy benefit.  

I learned about DCISionRT after the conclusion of my DCIS treatment. While I wasn’t able to ask for the test before I decided to do radiation, I have been sharing about DCISionRT for many years.

It is a privilege to partner with PreludeDx to impact the breast cancer community. 

Meeting the Team ​

To begin our patient advocacy together, PreludeDx invited me down to their headquarters in Laguna Hills (a few hours south of my home). After an inspiring meeting where I was able to share my patient experiences with their team, I got to take a tour of the lab!  It was quite an honor to be able to see their facilities and learn more about how each DCISionRT test is carefully run on each patient sample.

After the day’s activities, PreludeDx graciously offered to obtain my sample and run DCISionRT on it. Would I be interested in knowing my results (even though I had already finished my radiation treatment?)

Yes, please!

After I received my results, I was able to write about them in the blog post linked below. A big thank you to PreludeDx for offering me this insight into my DCISionRT score!

Results I Never Thought I Would Have

Pink header image with author holding a coffee cup. Text reads " My DCISionRT Test Results: a radiation reflection five years in the making

My DCISionRT Test Results: A Radiation Reflection Five Years in the Making

I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2019 at age 41 and chose a lumpectomy followed by radiation. With the information I had during my decision-making process, radiation made sense. At the time, I didn’t know about DCISionRT. Continue reading >>

Sharing Book Excerpts for BCAM 2024

All throughout October 2024, PreludeDx and I collaborated to share brief book excerpts with the community. It was a joy to be able to bring some of these moments off the page and onto video!

Thank you, PreludeDx, for this inspiring project! Click each photo to watch the videos on either YouTube or Instagram. 

Pink background with photo of author in a pink shirt. Text reads Breast Cancer Awareness Month Introduction
Welcome to Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024.
Pink Background with photo of author looking at her book. Text reads BCAM the diagnosis
Reading an excerpt all about my breast cancer diagnosis.
Pink background with author smiling. The text reads making a surgical decision.
How did I make a surgical decision?
Pink background with photo of author holding her book. Text reads Breast Cancer Awareness Month Radiation Treatment
Sharing what it was like for me to go through radiation treatment.
Pink background with author looking into camera. Text reads BCAM Impact on the Family
Sharing about how my breast cancer diagnosis impacted my family
Pink photo with author and playhead. Text reads Breast Cancer Awareness Month Conclusion.
Closing out BCAM 2024 with some final thoughts.

This page is produced in partnership with PreludeDx. You can read more about my policies here.