SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM. GETTING RESULTS?
>> JULIE: OCTOBER IS CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH. AND WITH THE
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF
FLORIDA, FIRST LADY CASEY
DESANTIS IS CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S TOP OF
MIND FOR MANY WOMEN RIGHT NOW.
AND MANY PUT OFF CRUCIAL TESTS
LIKE MAMMOGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC. BUT THAT CAN BE A
BIG ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO
TRACKING THE POTENTIAL FOR
CANCER BECAUSE EARLY DETECTION
AND STOPPING IN EARLY STAGES
IS KEY. SO WHAT ARE THE STAGES
AND WHAT DO THEY EVEN MEAN
MORNING ANCHOR AND HEALTH
REPORTER KIRSTIN O’CONNOR
STANDING BY NOW TO ASK DOCTOR,
ASK A DOCTOR IS SPONSORED BY
CONVIVA PRIMARY CARE FOR
>> WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER, ACCORDING TO THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. MORE
THAN 200,000 DIAGNOSES OF
CANCER HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE
YEAR. AND FOR THOSE WHO GET
THE DIAGNOSIS, THERE ARE A LOT
OF WORDS THAT GET THROWN
AROUND, MAKE IT AN ALREADY
STRESSFUL SITUATION, EVEN MORE
CONFUSING. SO WITH ME NOW IS
ORLANDO HELP ONCOLOGISTS
DOCTOR NIKITA SHAH, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TAKING Q A SO
LET’S TALK ABOUT THOSE THAT
PEOPLE TEND TO HEAR WHEN THEY
GET A CANCER DIAGNOSIS. WHAT
ARE SOME OF THOSE PORTS? SO
THE FIRST CANCER, RIGHT THAT
PEOPLE ALWAYS VERY ABOUT. WHAT
DOES IT MEAN? AM I GOING TO
DIE? SO WHAT WE WANT TO
REASSURE PEOPLE IS A CANCER,
ESPECIALLY CAUGHT EARLY IS A
VERY CURABLE CONDITION. THEN
WE LOOK AT 7 THINGS ON THE
CANCER ITSELF, THE TOWNS OF
HOW WE NEED TO TREAT IT. THE
VATICAN, WHAT IS CALLED
PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF THE
ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ER
PROGESTERONE, RECEPTOR HER TO
A NEW STATUS. MICHELLE,
DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF
TREATMENT THEY’RE GOING NEED
AND WITH THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO
BE BEFORE SURGERY AFTER
SURGERY. WHICH OF THE GERMAN
IS SOMEBODY GOING TO NEED
CHEMOTHERAPY? ARE THEY GOING
TO TARGETED AND THEN WE LOOK
AT THE STAGE OF THE CANCER,
MEANING HOW BIGGEST THE CANCER
IS IT IN THE LYMPH NODES OR
NOT? HAS IT SPREAD ANYWHERE
ELSE? AND ALL OF THAT IS PUT
TOGETHER. OBVIOUSLY IN
NEUTRALIZING THAT FOR EACH
PATIENT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE
NEXT BEST TREATMENT IS GOING
TO BE FOR THEM. I THINK ONE OF
THE BIG MISCONCEPTIONS THAT A
LOT OF WOMEN HAVE IS THAT IF
YOU DON’T FEEL IT, YOU DON’T
HAVE WE’RE USE TO THE THE
RECOMMENDATION TO DO
SELF-BREAST EXAMS. BUT IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO GO GET THE
SCREENING THE STOCK SALUKI
BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU FEEL
THAT IT’S PROBABLY ABOUT 2000
METERS IN SIZE BY THE
MAMMOGRAM CAN PICK UP
SOMETHING THAT’S HALF A
CENTIMETER. SO YOU DON’T WANT
TO WAIT. DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU
WANTED TO BE CAUGHT EARLY ON
THAT ANNUAL SCREENING
MAMMOGRAM. NOW TREATMENT HAS
CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. AND WE
WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT
CHEMOTHERAPY. DOES EVERY WOMAN
NEED CHEMOTHERAPY WHO HAS
CANCER KNOW? SO THERE’S A
LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE
DRIVEN CANCERS THAT MAY NOT
NEED CHEMOTHERAPY BEGIN NOW TO
GENOMIC TESTS ON THE CANCER
SELLS ITSELF, WHICH TELLS US
WHY THE PATIENTS WHO REALLY
BENEFIT FROM CHEMOTHERAPY, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO ARE THE
ONES WE GET A WHITE
CHEMOTHERAPY. AND WHAT ARE
THOSE TREATMENTS LIKE IF YOU
DON’T NEED CHEMOTHERAPY A MOST
OFTEN IS OF DRIVEN,
MEDICATIONS, THE BILLS THAT
THEY WOULD PAY FOR 5 TO 10
YEARS. WOW. SO JUST A PILL.
JUST A PILL? EVERY DAY. WOW.
AND YOU’VE SEEN CANCERS
COMPLETELY GO AWAY. BECAUSE
ABSOLUTELY FOR THE CANCER IS
REMOVED AT THE TIME OF SURGERY
AND THEN EVERYTHING WE DO DO
BEYOND THAT IS PREVENTIVE. SO
THESE MEDICATIONS HELP REDUCE
THE RISK OF THE CANCER COMING
BACK. THAT’S FANTASTIC NEWS TO
HEAR. AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
GOVERNOR’S WIFE AND HER
ANNOUNCEMENT AND HOW THIS CASE
HE OR SHE WAS 41 YEARS OLD IS
41 YEARS OLD. AND I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE WOMEN OUT THERE WHO
ARE IN THEIR 20’S, WHO ARE IN
THEIR 30’S TO GET THIS
DIAGNOSIS. AND SO WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS YOUNGER
AND ARE THEY’RE ASKING FOR A
MAMMOGRAM BEFORE THE
RECOMMENDATION? SO THE
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF YOUR
AVERAGE RISK PERSON, THEN YOU
START SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS AGE
40. BUT IF YOU HAVE A HIGH OF
FAMILY HISTORY OR IF YOU HAD
ABNORMAL BIOPSIES BEFORE WE
MAY START TO THE MAMMOGRAM
SOONER. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING IS NOT
RIGHT. WHEN YOU CHECKING
YOURSELF, YOU FEEL SOMETHING.
EVEN IF YOU’RE YOUNGER OR EVEN
IF YOU DON’T, AND YOU JUST HAD
A NORMAL MAMMOGRAM, DON’T
IGNORE. DID SEEK ATTENTION?
WHAT IF YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR
FAMILY HISTORY? BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN
MAKING THE DETERMINATION TO DO
AN EARLY SCREENING. SO THAT’S
WHERE GENETIC TESTING COMES IN
BECAUSE WE MAY WANT TO HAVE
YOU MEET WITH A GENETIC
COUNSELOR. AND IF YOU DON’T
KNOW YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, YOUR
YOU DON’T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE FAMILY MAY BE THAT
PERSON NEEDS TO UNDERGO
GENETIC TESTING AND THEN BE
FOLLOWED IN A HIGH-RISK CLINIC
WHERE THEY’RE MONITORED MUCH
MORE THAN SOMEBODY ELSE AND
AGE WITH DON’T HAVE A HIGHER
RISK. IT’S SO IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT THAT THERE
ARE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES
LIKE GENETIC TESTING SO THAT
IF THEY ARE WONDERING ABOUT
THIS, THEY CAN GO AND START TO
GET RESULTS FOR THEIR
FAMILIES, RIGHT AND BEING
MONITORED CLOSELY BY HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER. WONDERFUL. WHAT
ELSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
DURING CANCER AWARENESS MONTH?
I KNOW WOMEN ARE OFTENTIMES
NEGLECTING THEIR OWN HEALTH
MOTHER OF AN 8 MONTH-OLD. SO I
JUST KNOW THAT FEELING. WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO TELL WOMEN
DURING? ALSO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
A LOT IS THAT THE DEFEND THEM.
A LOT OF WOMEN DIDN’T GO FOR
THEIR MAMMOGRAMS LAST YEAR OR
EVEN THIS YEAR. ALL PLACES ARE
OPEN. ALMOST ALL BASES ARE
OPEN FOR SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS.
IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD A MAMMOGRAM
YET, THESE GO GET YOUR
MAMMOGRAM. CHECK YOURSELF IF
YOU FEEL SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT
YOUR DOCTOR. DOCTORS OFFICES
ARE OPEN IF FOR WHATEVER
REASON, THE DOCTOR’S NOT
SEEING PATIENTS IN PERSON, YOU
CAN STILL DO A VIRTUAL WITH
THAT. AND WITH THE NEXT WORK
UP. BUT DON’T IGNORE IT
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, IF IT’S
A PROBLEM, IT’S ALL GOING TO