146 Background: Oncotype DX is an RT-PCR based assay that calculates a recurrence score (RS) to predict chemotherapy benefit in patients with breast cancer. Some authors have proposed using Ki-67, receptor status, Nottingham grade, and tumor size as histo-pathologic variables that could potentially substitute for the RS. Comprehensive and larger reviews are still lacking in this filed. To our knowledge this is the largest retrospective review of cases in a single academic institution. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed and reported baseline patient demographic characteristics (including age, race and gender) and routine pathological features such as histologic grade, Ki-67, tumor size, and histologic type. All patients included in this study had an Oncotype Dx ordered between 2007 and 2014. Results: Our analysis included 252 patients of which 248 were females and 4 were males, median age was 56, median tumor size of 2.1 cm. The majority of cases were grade 2 with 49.4%, followed by grade 3 with 28.1% and grade one represented 22.5% of the sample. Ki-67 ranged from 2-98 %. Three variables correlated significantly with Oncotype Dx: tumor size (p = 0.0115), Ki-67 (p = 1.509e-09) and grade (p = 0.0307). Using these three variables together, the percentage of variance on the Oncotype Dx score was 0.35 (R2- coefficient of determination). Conclusions: While tumor size, grade and Ki-67 individually correlate significantly with Oncotype Dx score, taken together, they cannot reliably predict the RS. Also, the capability of these three factors to predict the RS decreases for tumors with high RS. Therefore, we conclude the RS can provide additional valuable information and should not be replaced by analysis of routine histologic variables alone.