Since it was Breast Cancer Awareness night at the Toledo Walleye hockey game on March 2, 2018, I once again made a sign to promote TNBC Day and show it off at the arena. I've had a lot of hockey fans reading my sign so if anything, I hope they learned that there is more than one type of breast cancer.
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| 15-20% of Breast Cancer is Triple Negative |
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| Women with Triple Negative Breast Cancer tests negative for the three receptors -ER, PR and the HER2 protein meaning the growth of breast cancer cells are not driven by Estrogen, Progesterone or HER2 protein , and therefore doesn't respond to hormonal treatments or anti-HER2 targeted therapy |
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| Triple Negative Breast Cancer occur more often in younger women under the age of 40, those of African and Latina descent and those with the BRCA-1 gene mutation. |
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| TNBC sister, Deb K. and her family riding the FanBoni! |
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| Triple Negative Breast Cancer, an aggressive form of the disease has a higher rate of recurrence, and more difficult to treat than other types of breast cancer |
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| Toledo's Pink in the Rink! |
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| PINK ice! |
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| Fans of each other! |
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| Currently there is no targeted therapy for TNBC. Still, ongoing research remains focused on to better understand how Triple Negative Breast Cancer develops and how to treat it more effectively. |
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| TNBC sisters Deb K. and Melissa with May Westphal, Executive Director of Susan G. Komen of Northwest Ohio |
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| Toledo Walleye vs South Carolina Stingrays I see a hockey rink, and I want it painted pink... |
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| Spike the Walleye sneaking up on Catrick's promoting TNBC Awareness Day |
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| ...with the Victory gals! |