Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": Dr. Vincent Tuohy's Research on Breast Cancer Prevention Vaccine

Dr. Vicent Tuohy, Toni Turchi
and Melissa Paskvan

October 5, 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting Toni Turchi, my Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor and founder of the Toni Turchi Foundation and Dr. Vincent Tuohy, the researcher behind the breast cancer prevention vaccine. I spoke and listened to Dr. Tuohy, and I'm telling you, this is a story you should be following... waiting on FDA approval to go forward with a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Pictured with me is Toni Turchi and Dr. Tuohy at the Toni Turchi Foundation 5k run/walk benefiting the Cleveland Clinic and the research of Dr. Tuohy's vaccine.

Press Release Sept. 17, 2013
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/media_relations/library/2013/2013-09-17-cleveland-clinic-innovations-creates-spin-off-company-to-develop-vaccine-for-preventing-breast-cancer.aspx
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“We have proposed that breast cancer may be effectively controlled by providing healthy cancer-free women with pre-emptive immunity against emerging breast tumors,” said Tuohy. “We propose to provide women with an immune defense or shield that will protect them from developing breast cancer. Our data show that safe and effective immune protection against this disease can be induced by vaccinating against proteins that are no longer expressed in aging breast tissues but are significantly overexpressed in triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of this disease. We hope to provide women with a safe, effective and relatively benign alternative to invasive prophylactic mastectomy.” - Dr. Vincent Tuohy