Why I joined a targeted therapy clinical trial for triple-negative breast cancer
Before my diagnosis in February 2019, no one in my family had ever had cancer. So we were all very surprised when I was diagnosed with triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma ¡ª a form of breast cancer ¡ª at age 27.
It turns out that I inherited a genetic mutation called BRCA1 from my father. He was adopted, so we didn¡¯t know anything about his biological parents.
The bad news is the BRCA1 mutation makes it more likely that...
Personalized triple-negative breast cancer treatment made me feel special
I didn¡¯t have any breast cancer symptoms until early 2019. Then, a lump the size of a lime popped up on my right breast, seemingly overnight...