Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": Marie Ashton

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.

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Fred-Day's acoustic version of "My Mother" dedicated to his mum, our TNBC sister Marie Ashton

In Memory of our Triple Negative Breast Cancer Sister, Marie Ashton...

Saturday, February 2, 2013

My Mother (a song for breast cancer), In Memory of Marie Ashton

"Hi ladies, i just wanted to share this song with you. My son wrote this for me last year in January when he was 17. He wrote it for me and dedicates it to all the mums, ladies out there who have been or are going through BC."
~Marie Ashton

"I hope the song helps women get through cancer,
and especially the kids who go through it with them." ~ Fred-Day

http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/244766/freds-mum-embodies-the-spirit-of-the-fight/ (Click link for story)
http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/1265539/campbelltown-mourns-a-local-hero/
(Click link for story)

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Sisters Courage to Let Go

Remembering someone special...
Heaven gained an angel.

Life's new beginning...

We've lost too many young women to Triple Negative Breast Cancer this past year in our TNBC Sisters support group. This month in January, Three more sisters were called home to our Lord to be our sister angels. They are the real victors in their cancer battles, They fought hard with all they had, clinging to life. In the end, they had the courage to let go... let go of their suffering, the anxiety and their exhaustion as they're in transit to move on to their next life's journey in Heaven. Leaving behind their loved ones, children and friends is the hardest part of their journey, much harder than us saying good-bye to our sweet sisters. God Bless their families and may Michelle Streat, Marie Ashton and Melissa Gollnick rest peacefully now.

"Always in our thoughts - Forever in our hearts."

Michelle Oleson Streat, age 42
Passed January 13, 2013
from nearly 4½ yr. battle with TNBC

Marie Ashton, age 40
Passed January 28, 2013
from TNBC

Melissa Gollnick, Age 35
Passed January 31, 2013
from TNBC, less than a month
after recurrence diagnosis

http://www.phillyburbs.com/obituaries/burlington_county_times/melissa-a-gollnick/article_da179c2d-232e-5896-927d-ce6fbfd6885c.html
(Click link to obituary for Melissa Gollnick)