Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": TNBC Sister, Rowina Dewan's Support of "One Day We Will Beat Cancer. Help Us Make it Sooner" Campaign

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, May 27, 2013

TNBC Sister, Rowina Dewan's Support of "One Day We Will Beat Cancer. Help Us Make it Sooner" Campaign

TNBC sister, Rowina Dewan supports Cancer Research UK
in it's money raising campaign to accelerate research.
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer sister, Rowina Dewan shares her story and urges her community to fight back and support Cancer Research UK for further research. Cancer Research UK are looking at a clinical trial with a drug, Carboplatin to determine if it's an improvement to treatments currently available in delaying the growth of Triple Negative Breast Cancer in women where the disease has spread or had recurred after treatment. Cancer Research UK has launched, "One day we will beat cancer. Help us make it sooner.", a new ad campaign to raise money to help accelerate research.

Rowina Dewan continues her support with entering Cancer Research UK's Race for Life.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Breast-cancer-survivor-mum-Rowina-Dewan-backs-new/story-18030823-detail/story.html#axzz2UXHYazMA (Click link to story)