Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": July 2010

What is TNBC

WHAT IS TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER?

Just in recent years, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) has sparked interest in the news where instead of calling the tumor as ER-negative, PR-negative, and HER2-negative; researchers began using the shorthand term, "Triple Negative," dubbed the "new type" of breast cancer. Being Triple Negative, you don't have a targeted therapy and your only treatment option is chemotherapy.

Triple Negative Breast Cancer is seen in about 15% of all breast cancers. TNBC is a very aggressive cancer that tends to strike younger women, pre-menopause, especially among African-American women and women who have BRCA1 mutations. The tumor tends to be fast growing and is less likely to show up on an annual mammogram. TNBC is more likely to metastasis early on; has a high rate of recurrence in the first 2-3 years from diagnosis and has a poorer prognosis than other types of breast cancer due to lack of specific, targeted treatment for TNBC.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Chicks For Charity, Chix-mix July 21, 2010 Benefiting The Victory Center

http://www.chicksforcharity.net/

Fabulous time at The Chicks for Charity event, a huge turnout, good food, friends and mother-in-law and a whole lotta money raised benefiting The Victory Center. Little did I know that I would be called up to the podium, in front of hundreds of women, sitting silent with all eyes on me.... I gave a short speech of my survivorship and told them what my "VICTORY" is "I'm here, I'm alive and I'm doing well."

Update: About 700 in attendance raising $30,000 for The Victory Center, Woo Hoo!

"What Cancer Cannot do"

Cancer is so limited...

It cannot cripple love

It cannot shatter hope

It cannot corrode faith

It cannot eat away peace

It cannot destroy confidence

It cannot kill friendships

It cannot shut out memories

It cannot silence courage

It cannot reduce eternal life