The annual breast cancer conference in San Antonio is taking place right now...google the findings - the latest cutting edge research is presented there every year. And if you haven't had your mammogram this year - give yourself a Christmas present and make an appointment. New studies show that only half of all women get mammograms each year. Ridiculous when it is so easy to use it to screen. Over 40? Get a mammogram. It will save your life.
http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20101210/false-positive-mammograms-linked-breast-cancer
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.