Jennifer Griffin's Blog: Is this our Herceptin???

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Is this our Herceptin???

Breakthrough in Triple Negative targeted therapy in St. Louis (nice because that is where Greg grew up!)
This could be the Herceptin or Tamoxifen that those with Triple Negative have been waiting for...read on.

http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.org/breastcancer101/TNBC/Hope%20for%20TNBC.html

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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/.

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.

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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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Is this our Herceptin???

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