A discovery by our good friend Dr. Bert Vogelstein and his team at Johns Hopkins...
a simple blood test to screen for tumors that will save lives. It involves genome sequencing and could be available to cancer patients and eventually be as inexpensive as a CT scan. These personalized blood tests for cancer could revolutionize cancer screening.
Read on...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100218141754.htm
My War Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Welcome
On September 28, 2009 I was diagnosed with stage 3 Triple Negative breast cancer. They found a 9 cm tumor and another smaller one while I was nursing my son. I started 17 rounds of chemo: ACT plus carboplatin. Had a double mastectomy on April 6, 2010 followed by 6.5 weeks of radiation. At the time of my surgery I had had a complete pathologic response to the chemo - no evidence of disease. Here's what I learned along the way:
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
Another fabulous site run by my friend Gina Maisano: http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.org/index.html
If you want to donate to help find a cure, please donate to Susan G. Komen for a Cure.
Sign up for a "Look Good, Feel Better" class, if you've just been diagnosed. http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
Order Rebecca Katz's "The Cancer Fighting Kitchen" and "One Bite at a Time," my go-to cancer cookbooks for chemo patients and beyond.
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- In case you missed it...
- I am going "On the Record with Greta" tonight!
- Must See TV
- You are what you eat!
- Love is patient and kind...
- Four generations run for a cure...
- Get one and get one for your sister...
- An enviable life...
- The Radio And Television Correspondents' dinner
- Is this our Herceptin???
- Eat your turmeric and curries...
- One to Grow On
- Izzy and Me
- My horoscope today
- Hello, Kitty
- This kind of sums up my day yesterday...
- Worth Reading
- The View from the Chair last Friday
- Caitlin
- If you know someone going through chemo...
- If only Popeye had known...
- Eureka!
- Will the real Slim Shady, please, stand-up?
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