Stage III Breast Cancer: Carlie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Carlie, Female, 50s | Stage III

As of 2022, Carlie was in remission after double mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, while continuing hormone therapy and managing long-term side effects.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Karol's Patient Story

Patient Info: Karol | Stage III

Karol continued hormone therapy for stage 3 breast cancer after a broader treatment plan including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation had been recommended.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Cristina's Patient Story

Patient Info: Cristina, Female, 40s | Stage II

As of 2022, Cristina was undergoing treatment for Stage II breast cancer and planned to finish treatment, return to work, and rebuild normal life with her son.

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Locally advanced male breast cancer associated with a pathogenic ATM variant

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Biomarkers: ER 100% positive; PR 100% positive; HER2-negative; Ki-67 30%; germline pathogenic ATM variant c.2921+1G>A.

Two years after diagnosis, he had an ECOG performance status of 0 and remained without signs of breast-cancer relapse or another primary cancer.

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Breast Cancer: Maria's Patient Story

Patient Info: Maria

Maria underwent mastectomy, lymph-node surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation and continued to work through fear that the treatment might not succeed.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Erika's Patient Story

Patient Info: Erika, Female, 40s | Stage II

As of 2021, Erika was undergoing treatment for Stage II breast cancer and was on targeted therapy after mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy.

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Breast Cancer: Martha's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Martha

Martha said the breast cancer was in remission while she continued Letrozol hormone therapy.

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Stage I Breast Cancer: Melissa's Patient Story

Patient Info: Melissa | Stage I

Melissa was in remission and continued hormone therapy while managing fear of recurrence.

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Breast Cancer: Luz's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Luz

Luz described her breast cancer as being in remission after mastectomy, lymph-node surgery, and chemotherapy, and she remained on hormone therapy.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Aurora's Patient Story

Patient Info: Aurora, Female, 40s | Stage III

Aurora was treated for Stage III breast cancer with mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, Cytoxan chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, then moved to chemotherapy alone after the initial plan was not working effectively.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Ingrid's Patient Story

Patient Info: Ingrid | Stage II

Ingrid said her stage 2 breast cancer was in remission while she continued a low-toxicity systemic anticancer monotherapy.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Beth's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Beth, Female, 40s | Stage III

As of 2021, Beth was in remission and no longer taking cancer medication after mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapy.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Marese's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Marese | Stage II

Marese said the breast cancer was in remission after completing active treatment, and she continued hormone therapy to help maintain remission.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Emma's Patient Story

Patient Info: Emma, Female, 40s | Stage II

As of 2019, Emma had completed active treatment for Stage II breast cancer after mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy, and she remained on hormone therapy.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Kathryn's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Kathryn | Stage III

After completing treatment, Kathryn said she had successfully beaten the cancer and was focused on enjoying life and making memories with loved ones.

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Stage I Breast Cancer: Aura's Patient Story

Patient Info: Aura, Female, 40s | Stage I

Aura completed mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, hysterectomy, and chemotherapy for Stage I breast cancer and remained on hormone therapy, with ongoing concerns but no documented recurrence or progression.

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Synchronous Stage IA breast cancer and Stage IIA lung adenocarcinoma: disease-free after surgery and adjuvant therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage I

Biomarkers: Breast tumor: ER/PR positive, HER2 negative. Lung tumor: KRAS/EGFR wild type, ALK rearrangement not detected.

As of April 2014, more than 2 years of follow-up showed no recurrent disease after treatment of synchronous Stage IA breast cancer and Stage IIA lung adenocarcinoma.

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Metastatic lobular breast cancer to gynecologic sites: disease-free after surgery and chemotherapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-negative; HER2/C-Erb-B2-negative

Metastatic Site: vagina, uterus, ovaries

After treatment of vaginal, uterine, and ovarian metastases from lobular breast cancer, she was free from disease 12 months after completion surgery.

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Stage I BRCA1 Breast Cancer: Karen's Patient Story

Patient Info: Karen | Stage I

Biomarkers: BRCA1 mutation

Karen completed surgery and chemotherapy for stage 1 breast cancer and chose prophylactic bilateral mastectomy because of a BRCA1 mutation, while continuing to live with fear of recurrence.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Mary's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Mary | Stage III

Mary said she was in remission and no longer required cancer treatment.

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