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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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 IV Breast Cancer: Rachael's Patient Story

Patient Info: Rachael | Stage IV

Rachael was living with stage 4 breast cancer after following a plan of mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

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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 I Breast Cancer: Mariana's Patient Story

Patient Info: Mariana | Stage I

Mariana completed lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation and continued to work through fear of lasting chemotherapy effects.

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Breast Cancer: Vivienne's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Vivienne

Vivienne said she was in remission after completing most of her treatment and continued hormone therapy.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Marisol's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Marisol | Stage II

Marisol said the breast cancer was in remission after completing most active treatment, and she continued hormone 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 III Breast Cancer: Kelly's Patient Story

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

Kelly had Stage III breast cancer diagnosed around 2021, with treatment that included mastectomy, lymphadenectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy; after a treatment change, she was still receiving radiation therapy.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Shamala's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Shamala | Stage II

Shamala says she is free of cancer and in remission after treatment.

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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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Ana's Stage 2 Breast Cancer and Cancer-Free Milestone

Patient Info: Ana, Female, 50s | Stage II

Ana completed intensive multimodal treatment and was declared cancer-free in 2024. She continued Tamoxifen as a planned 5-year hormone-therapy course.

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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 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Barb's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Barb, Female | Stage III

As of December 2020, Barb was in survivorship after bilateral mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and 2 reconstruction revision surgeries for Stage III invasive lobular breast cancer.

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Breast Cancer Recurrence Treated With Radiation Despite a Chronic Skin Condition

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s

Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-positive; HER2-negative

After treatment of a chest-wall recurrence and a radiographically suspicious ischial lesion, she completed chest-wall radiation, her skin healed within 5 weeks, and she remained under surgical, radiation-oncology, and dermatology review.

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Breast Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Treated With Breast-Conserving Surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female

She remained recurrence-free through the follow-up period ending in June 2020.

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HER2-positive breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy and later spread to bone and brain

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Initial tumour: ER 0%, PR <1%, HER2 3+

Metastatic Site: bone (L3)|brain

After treatment and surveillance without new lesions, she developed a large symptomatic occipital brain metastasis 14 months after completing paclitaxel and radiation and died after rapid neurological deterioration.

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Stage I Breast Cancer: Deborah's Patient Story

Patient Info: Deborah Brown, Female, 60s | Stage I

As of October 2020, Deborah had completed lumpectomy and 5 focused radiation treatments for Stage I breast cancer and remained on oral hormone therapy; chemotherapy was not needed and recurrence status was not otherwise stated.

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Stage IV Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Allison's Patient Story

Patient Info: Allison Rebello, female, 40s | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: bones (neck, spine, hip, ribs), lungs

As of October 2020, Allison’s metastatic breast cancer was stable and she was feeling well on daily oral cancer therapy.

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Stage IV Breast Cancer: Pam's Patient Story

Patient Info: Pam Benchley, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Not explicitly reported; treated with anti-estrogen therapy and a CDK4/6 inhibitor

Metastatic Site: Liver

As of October 2020, Pam had responded favorably to anti-estrogen therapy plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor, surgery, radiation and liver radiofrequency ablation; her oncologist described her as free of evidence of active cancer, while avoiding the term cancer-free for metastatic disease.

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Stage I Left Breast Cancer Treated With Surgery and Radiation

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage I

Imaging in January 2019 found no evidence of breast-cancer recurrence.

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Stage IIIA Right Breast Cancer Followed by a Late Radiation Nerve Injury

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

Imaging in January 2019 found no evidence of breast-cancer recurrence, although she had developed radiation-induced brachial plexopathy.

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A New Breast Cancer Arising Beneath an Accessory Nipple

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 40s

Biomarkers: ER 5%; PR 5–10%; HER2-negative.

After chemotherapy, surgery, endocrine therapy, proton radiation, and later reconstruction revision, she was currently without evidence of disease.

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Late Breast Skin Changes After Partial-Breast Radiation

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s

Mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and skin biopsy found no breast-cancer recurrence 13 years after treatment.

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