Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": September 2010

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.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Getting Psyched For The Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure In The Morning In Toledo, OH

"Each morning when I open my eyes

I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. "

- Groucho Marx

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Warriors In Pink - View Video

My friend and classmate, Elise Jones celebrating my victory at Cleveland's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sept. 11, 2010.y ... very touching Elise, thank you and love you sister!

Warriors in Pink - View Video