AWARENESS MONTH, WE'RE GIVING
YOU A LO
WITH OCTOBER BEING
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH, WE'RE TAKING A
LOOK AT WHAT TO LOOK
FOR.
WE SENT DALLIS
ONTIVEROS TO ADVENTIST
HEALTH CASTLE IN KAILUA.
GOOD MORNING, DALLIS.
Reporter: GOOD
MORNING, KRISTINE AND
KELLY.
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH,
WE'RE CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT
MAMMOGRAMS.
WE'VE GOT JONATHAN GOOD
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Reporter: WE HAVE SO
MUCH VALUABLE
INFORMATION WE WANT TO
SQUEEZE IN.
CONTINUING WHERE WE LEFT
OFF, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE AVERAGE WOMEN BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
CANCER HERE IN THE STATE
OF HAWAI'I, WHAT IS THAT
NUMBER THAT WE COULD
SHARE TO THE PUBLIC?
IN THE NEAR 2019
THERE WILL BE ABOUT 1200
CASES OF NEW BREAST
CANCER, NEW CASES OF
BREAST CANCER IN HAWAI'I
FOR 2019.
AND THAT'S -- I HEARD A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER
THAT'S ONE IN EIGHT
WOMEN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED
WITH BREAST CANCER HERE.
ONE'S RISK OF
DEVELOPING BREAST
CANCER, LIFETIME RISKS
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH IS
ABOUT 12%.
Reporter: AND I KNOW
IT'S REALLY RARE TO HEAR
MEN GETTING BREAST
CANCER BUT I KNOW IF WE
LOOK AT THE BIGGER
PICTURE OF THINGS,
MATTHEW NOELLES,
BEYONCE'S FATHER
REVEALED HE HAD BREAST
CANCER.
IT TENDS TO BE OLDER
THAN PEAK INCIDENTS IN
BREAST CANCER BUT, YES,
IT DOES OCCUR.
Reporter: ARE THERE
ANY PREVENTATIVE WAYS
PEOPLE CAN DO TO PREVENT
GETTING BREAST CANCER IN
THE FUTURE?
NUMBER ONE I THINK WE
HAVE -- EXERCISE HAS
SOME IMPACT ON LOWERING
ONE'S RISK OF BREAST
CANCER, DIET IN TERMS OF
BODY FAT AND CERTAINLY
POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN,
AND NOW WE HAVE
ABILITIES TO LOOK AT
HIGH RISK PATIENTS OF
HIGH RISK WOMEN WHO WE
CAN NOW USE CHEMO
PREVENTATIVE OR USING
DRUGS TO LOWER THEIR
RISK OF BREAST CANCER.
Reporter: YOU KNOW,
YOU NAMED THOSE
DIFFERENT WAYS OF
PREVENTING BREAST CANCER
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY HISTORY.
SAY IF YOU HAVE A LONG
LINE OF PEOPLE IN YOUR
FAMILY GETTING DIAGNOSED
WITH BREAST CANCER.
DOES THAT KIND OF BEAT
THE ODDS OF GETTING
BREAST CANCER?
YES.
I THINK FOR AN AVERAGE
BREAST CANCER
INDIVIDUAL, THERE'S
ABOUT 7% OF ALL WOMEN
ARE BREAST CANCER HAVE A
FAMILY HISTORY.
NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE
PATIENTS WHO HAVE A MUCH
STRONGER FAMILY HISTORY
OR CERTAIN TYPES OF
BREAST CANCER OR
PERSONAL HISTORY THAT
WOULD WARRANT A HIGHER
RISK OF HAVING SOME
GENETIC PRE DISPOSITION
TO GETTING THAT BREAST
CANCER.
SO GENETIC TESTING IS A
VERY WIDELY USED PROCESS
NOW.
Reporter: AND YOU
KNOW WE'RE HAVING THIS
GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT
MAMMOGRAMS AND EARLY
SIGNS TO CHECK FOR.
PROBABLY SOMEONE AT HOME
DEALING WITH BREAST
CANCER, LIVING WITH
BREAST CANCER OR SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS SOMEONE WHO
LOST THEIR BATTLE TO
BREAST CANCER.
HOW DO YOU BREAK THAT
YOU LET YOUR PATIENTS
KNOW ABOUT THE TREATMENT
PROCESS AND THE JOURNEY?
I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THAT
INFORMATION IS BROKEN ON
A PERSONAL LEVEL,
USUALLY IN THE CLINIC I
USUALLY DO IT OVER THE
TELEPHONE.
WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE
PROCESS.
WE HAVE VERY GOOD
THERAPY FOR THEM SO I
THINK THAT A LOT OF IT
IS REASSURANCE AT THE
START OF THIS WHOLE
PROCESS.
REALLY QUICKLY BASED
ON YOUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, WHAT DO YOU
THINK IS THE BEST
TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
CANCER AND SURVIVING IT
AND BEATING IT?
IT VARIES.
IT VARIES ON THE TYPE OF
BREAST CANCER.
IT DEPENDS DEPENDS ON
THE EXTENT OF THE BREAST
CANCER OR STAGE OF THE
BREAST CANCER AND THEN
IT DEPENDS ON THE
CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE BREAST CANCER.
BUT MOST PATIENTS WITH
BREAST CANCER PROBABLY
SEE THREE PEOPLE, THEY
SEE A SURGEON, THEY SEE
A RADIATION ONCOLOGIST
AND SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF
WHO SAY MEDICAL
ONCOLOGIST AND THEN WE
DEVISE A TREATMENT PLAN
FOR EACH PERSON BUT IT
DOES VARY ON INDIVIDUAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR
TUMOR.
Reporter: IT ALSO
GOES BACK TO THE
BEGINNING OF JUST
GETTING MAMMOGRAMS DONE,
CHECKING FOR SIGNS.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO TOUCH
THE AREAS THAT YOU THINK
ARE A LITTLE BIT
SUSPICIOUS OR YOU FEEL A
LITTLE BIT ODD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DR. CHO FOR JUST
SHARING THIS VALUABLE
INFORMATION WITH US THIS
MORNING.
MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Reporter: IF YOU
HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS
OR YOU WANT TO SEE THESE
SEGMENTS AGAIN, WE'LL
HAVE ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION LATER TODAY
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
KHON2.COM.
REPORTING FROM THE
SENTING IT BACK TO YOU
LADIES IN THE STUDIO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DALLIS.