Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": Komen Breakfast Recognizes 25 years of Race for the Cure in Toledo

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.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Komen Breakfast Recognizes 25 years of Race for the Cure in Toledo

On September 8, 2018 at the Komen annual breakfast, us Victory gals gathered to show our support of Komen of Northwest Ohio in helping us survivors in our local community. For 25 years, Chrys Peterson has emceed hosted our local Komen Race for the Cure here in Toledo, and she is the best in getting us all motivated! Though, I had to miss the Komen Race this year, for I had another out of town breast cancer event commitment, I do show my support attending the Komen Breakfast. Thank you Komen of Northwest Ohio and Chrys Peterson for your continued commitment and support that you have shone us breast cancer survivors for the past 25 years, as we're getting even closer to a cure for breast cancer with all the research that Komen has funded.
Truly yours, Melissa Paskvan