Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": The Breast Cancer Site, Click To Fund Free Mammograms

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.

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Breast Cancer Site, Click To Fund Free Mammograms

click on image to give once a day, every day of the year on The Breast Cancer Site
The Breast Cancer Site, founded in October 2000 leads in saving more lives in the fight against breast cancer with it's online activism. Knowing the importance of early detection in women, The Site was formed to help fund free mammograms to women in need. Visit The Breast Cancer Site daily, click on the pink "Click Here to Give- It's Free" button where your daily clicks generate funding that is paid by sponsors of the site. In addition, portion of proceeds from each sale through the Breast Cancer Site is also donated to this cause. The proceeds are contributed to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to provide mammograms for uninsured, under-privileged women.
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/dailyresults.faces?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_dailyresults_from_takeaction
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Click here for an easy and free way to help fund mammograms for those in need at The Breast Cancer Site!

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