>> ALTHOUGH BREAST CANCER IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ONE DISEASE THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE
MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREAST
CANCER.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW BREAST
CANCER IN MEN IS RARE BUT NOT
IMPOSSIBLE.
FOR ONE LOCAL WOMAN SHE KNOWS
FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
DISEASE.
SHE IS LIVING WITH A
PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE TYPE OF
BREAST CANCER.
>> JOINING US TO SHARE STORY
VICTORIA CALLER AND ONCOLOGIST
DOCTOR TERRY OF ORLANDO.
TAKE YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> Woman: THANK YOU.
>> FIRST OF ALL YOU ARE HAPPY
TO REPORT YOU ARE CANCER FREE
AND YOU FINISH YOUR TREATMENT
IN JANUARY 2016.
NOW YOUR MISSION IS TO SPREAD
AWARENESS.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR STORY AND
WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> Woman: FIRST AND FOREMOST IF
I HAD NOT BUMPED INTO A BAR
STOOL AT HOME AGAINST THE WOOD
I WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN CHECKED
AND I WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN
NOTICED.
I WENT FOR MAMMOGRAM AND IT
TURNED OUT I HAD POSITIVE WAS
VERY SHOCKED BECAUSE I WAS VERY
ATHLETIC AND VERY ACTIVE
PERSON.
HEALTHY, SPIRITUAL.
AND I FOUND THA EVENTUALLY IT
WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE CANCER
AND HAD TO START TREATMENT.
IN TWO WEEKS I WAS IN CANCER.
CHEMOTHERAPY.
THEN I HAD A LUMPECTOMY AND
RADIATION AND FORTUNATELY MY
DOCTOR APPROACHED ME WITH A
TEST TO TRY A NEW TYPE OF
CANCER TREATMENT CALLED CATS I
LOVE.
IT WAS A TRIAL AND A QUALIFIED.
I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE PART
OF THAT AND IT WAS AN
ADDITIONAL NINE MONTHS AFTER
THE CHEMO LUMPECTOMY AND
RADIATION THERAPY.
BUT MY BIGGEST POINT TO
EVERYONE IS TO NOT BE AFRAID.
BECAUSE IF YOU ARE AFRAID, IT
IS HARDER TO GET WELL AND TO BE
WELL AND MUCH BETTER TO THINK
POSITIVE AND DO WHAT THE
DOCTORS SUGGEST.
THAT’S REALLY AND TRULY PRAYER,
POSITIVE THINKING.
>> SPEAKING OF HER TYPE OF
BREAST CANCER DOCTOR, SHE SAID
IT IS.
POSITIVE BREAST CANCER.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> Man: HER TO HIS EXPRESSING
ITSELF FROM THE CANCER CELL.
THE MEMBRANE OF THE CANCER
CELL.
FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY DEVELOP IMPORTANT
DRUGS THAT ACTUALLY ÃAND
EVENTUALLY ALTER THE COURSE OF
THE OUTCOME.
DEVELOPING ANTIBODIES THAT
COMBINED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY.
THIS TYPE OF DISEASE WAS ONE OF
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FORMS OF
BREAST CANCER, HOWEVER IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS AND LAST 10
YEARS OR 15 YEARS WE MADE VERY
IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN THIS TYPE
OF DISEASE.
IN FACT THE OUTCOMES OF THIS
AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCER
ACTUALLY ARE EXCELLENT.
>> VICTORIA SAID SHE WAS SO
SURPRISED BECAUSE SHE WAS
ATHLETIC AND HEALTHY AND DID
NOT FIT I GUESS WHAT YOU
CONSIDER TO BE THE PROFILE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THAT
TWO WOMEN WATCHING YOU THINK I
DON’T HAVE TO WORRY I DON’T FIT
THE PROFILE.
IS THERE A PROFILE?
>> Man: THERE ARE FACTORS THAT
EXPOSE YOU TO BREAST CANCER AND
VIRTUALLY 40 PERCENT OF WOMEN
WE SEE DON’T HAVE ANY RISK
FACTORS EXCEPT BEING A WOMAN.
ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE
UNITED STATES DEVELOPS BREAST
CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A COMMON
DISEASE AND YOU MAY HAVE NO
PARTICULAR RISK FACTORS AND CAN
STILL DEVELOP THE DISEASE
EVERYONE IS AT RISK AND
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE SCREENED
WITH MAMMOGRAMS AND BREAST
EXAMS.
AND BE AWARE THAT ANY LUMPS
THAT YOU FEEL OR ANYTHING
DIFFERENT IN YOUR BREAST SHOULD
BE CHECKED BY YOUR PHYSICIAN.
>> IS A RECOMMENDATION
MAMMOGRAMS AT 50?
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> Man: THERE HAS BEEN SOME
DEBATE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 AND
THERE STILL DEBATE ALTHOUGH WE
STILL RECOMMEND MOST OF THE
SOCIETY RECOMMENDS STARTING AT
40.
DEFINITELY AFTER 50 YEARLY FOR
SURE.
MAMMOGRAPHY IS WHAT WE
RECOMMEND.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING
GENETIC TESTING AND THEY SAID I
DON’T HAVE THE GENE SO DON’T
WORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT’S A
MISCONCEPTION.
>> Man: YES IT IS BECAUSE AS I
SAID BEFORE YOU DON’T HAVE TO
HAVE RISK FACTORS TO DEVELOP
BREAST CANCER HAVING A
PACKAGING WHICH YOU IN A
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN
DEVELOPING THE DISEASE AND YOU
CAN DO SOMETHING TO REDUCE THE
RISK EITHER WITH MEDICATION OR
MORE EXTREME CASES BY REMOVING
THE BREAST ÃPRE-
>> VICTORIA I’M SURE THERE’S
SOME RECENT HOME WHO IS NEWLY
DIAGNOSED ARE FACING SOME
CHALLENGES WITH THIS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
YOU FACED AN INCREDIBLY
AGGRESSIVE FORM OF CANCER, WHAT
YOU SAY TO PEOPLE JUST STARTING
THE JOURNEY?
>> Woman: FIRST ABOUT YOU NEED
A SUPPORT GROUP OF SOME KIND.
YOUR FRIEND CHARLIE ARE VERY
SUPPORTIVE.
NOT EVERYONE OF THEM BUT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN KNOW.
BUT ALWAYS THE DOCTORS AND
NURSES ARE A SUPPORT TEAM AND
THEN THERE’S THE INTERNET.
IF PEOPLE ARE SO INCLINED.
BUT IN GENERAL IT IS REALLY
FROM WITHIN SOMETHING HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT AND NOT BE AFRAID.
YOU JUST HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING.
MY HUSBAND GAVE ME GREAT ADVICE
AND SAID THINK OF ALL THIS
TREATMENT AS YOUR FRIEND.
THAT’S HELPING YOU RID YOURSELF
OF THIS PARTICULAR CANCER.
OR ANY CANCER FOR ANYONE.
THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE TO BE
CLEAN AND IN YOUR MIND AND
POSITIVE.
>> VICTORIA DOCTOR THANK YOU SO