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 II Breast Cancer: Lena's Patient Story

Patient Info: Lena | Stage II

Lena had completed lumpectomy and chemotherapy and was focused on regaining her health, staying close to her family, and managing fear of dying from cancer.

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Breast Cancer: Joyce's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Joyce McCain, Female, 60s

As of December 2018, Joyce had recovered after lumpectomy, heart-sparing breast radiation and surgical removal of an incidental kidney cancer, and had returned to work, golf and regular activities.

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Breast implant rupture decades after bilateral breast cancer treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+

In 2016, the excised left breast mass was a fibrous capsule measuring 8 × 6 × 4 mm and was negative for tumor. She had no postoperative complications at 7- and 30-day follow-up after implant removal.

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Breast cancer spreading to the colon, rectum and peritoneal surfaces

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

Biomarkers: Primary tumor: ER >80% positive; PR 50–60% positive; HER2 negative; E-cadherin positive. Later colorectal metastases: ER positive; PR negative; HER2 negative; CK7 positive; CK20 negative; CDX2 negative.

Metastatic Site: colon, rectum, peritoneum, diaphragm, liver, bowel,…

Metastatic breast cancer was subsequently confirmed in the colon and rectum, with later laparoscopic biopsies showing peritoneal and additional intra-abdominal metastatic disease.

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Metastatic Breast Cancer With Bone and Liver Progression After Multiple Therapies

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

Biomarkers: Initial tumor: ER 80%, HER2 negative, Ki67 18%. Liver metastasis: ER 75%

Metastatic Site: bone, liver

After massive hepatic progression and liver failure, chemotherapy was stopped and she died on January 31, 2016.

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Breast Cancer: Tonya's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Tonya, Female

Tonya said she was in remission while continuing radiation therapy and hormone therapy.

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From Healthcare Advocate to Breast Cancer Patient – And Back

Patient Info: Anonymized, female

Five years after treatment, she was working, advocating for patients, and described herself as thriving after breast cancer.

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Breast Cancer: Monica's Patient Story

Patient Info: Monica Wright, 40s

Monica completed her final chemotherapy round after lumpectomy, supported throughout treatment by friends, family and peers.

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Stage III Breast Cancer: Elizabeth's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Elizabeth, 40s | Stage III

Biomarkers: Cancer described as highly hormone-dependent.

Elizabeth said she was in remission and no longer required treatment after lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and an aromatase-inhibitor clinical trial.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Tasha's Patient Story

Patient Info: Tasha | Stage II

She completed surgery and radiation and is doing well as a survivor while continuing tamoxifen.

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Stage I Breast Cancer: Shirley's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Shirley | Stage I

Shirley says she completed treatment and is now in remission after Stage I breast cancer.

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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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Localized hormone receptor-positive breast cancer disease-free 5 years after endocrine therapy switch

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 40s

Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-positive; HER2-negative; low Ki-67; Oncotype DX 12

After lumpectomy and 36 months of adjuvant hormonal treatment, she remained disease-free at her last examination in March 2013, 5 years after diagnosis.

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BRCA1-associated right invasive ductal carcinoma followed by left acinic cell carcinoma of the breast

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 40s

Biomarkers: Constitutional BRCA1 mutation. Right breast cancer was ER/PR positive, HER2 negative; later left tumor was triple-negative with TP53 change.

After treatment for right invasive ductal carcinoma and later contralateral acinic cell carcinoma, she was alive and well 19 months after the acinic cell carcinoma surgery, with no evidence of disease while continuing hormonal therapy.

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Stage III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Bridgette's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Bridgette, Female, 60s | Stage III

Biomarkers: Triple-negative breast cancer

Bridgette completed treatment and described herself as being in remission and free of cancer. Fear of recurrence continued to affect her survivorship.

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Right breast ductal carcinoma with unusual sentinel-node drainage treated with lumpectomy and adjuvant therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 40s

After lumpectomy, negative sentinel lymph node evaluation across 3 drainage territories, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy, she remained free of disease 2 years and 6 months after surgery.

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Stage II Breast Cancer: Martha's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Martha | Stage II

Martha completed treatment and said she had been declared cancer-free, 14 years after her stage II diagnosis.

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Stage 0 Breast Cancer: Linda's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Linda | Stage 0

Linda completed lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation after a stage 0 diagnosis in 2007 and described the cancer as being in remission years later.

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