Triple-negative breast cancer survivor: Why I chose a clinical trial at MD Anderson
Cancer runs very strongly on one side of my family. Several members have had either breast cancer or ovarian cancer. Two tested positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. So, I knew the odds were pretty high that I carried it, too.
After finding out about the mutation, I put off getting genetic testing for about two years. I didn’t want to know yet.
But I became the first person of my generation in my family to take...
Young adult breast cancer survivor: Why I joined a clinical trial at MD Anderson
When I was diagnosed with stage III triple-negative breast cancer in May 2023, I was pretty scared. I had just turned 32, and I didn’t know...
Three cancer survivors raise funds to support Colorado patients
In 2014, Amanda Boswell was a young mother to her six-month-old son, Court. One day when she was breastfeeding, she noticed an unusual lump...
Pancreatic, breast cancer survivor: MD Anderson managed two different diagnoses at the same time
When I was diagnosed with stage II triple-negative breast cancer in November 2022, I originally planned to seek treatment at the hospital system where my gynecologist works. The radiologist at her hospital had initially noticed the cancer on my annual screening mammogram.
But when I was diagnosed with stage I pancreatic cancer a few weeks later, that changed everything. With two different cancers at the same time, you need...
4-time cancer survivor and employee: Why I chose MD Anderson for my treatment
I’ve had several benign skin growths removed from my back over the years. But I never expected to be diagnosed with four different types of...
Triple-negative breast cancer: 7 things you should know
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a type of breast cancer that does not have the same receptors as most other types of breast cancer...
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor: ‘MD Anderson was the right place for me’
By late 2021, Jennifer Connaly and her husband, Trey, completed five rounds of IVF in the hopes of becoming pregnant with a second child....
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor faces diagnosis with trust, joy and positivity
In May 2021, Najaah Murray noticed a lump on her left breast. At 39, she was younger than the recommended age for breast cancer screening,...
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor finds success with integrative medicine
Jewel Johnson was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in December 2019 at age 57. She’d visited her primary care physician in Houston...
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor: MD Anderson is ‘a hospital like no other’
Before moving to Hong Kong with my husband for his job in 2004, I was an ER and neurosurgery nurse in the Texas Medical Center. I really liked...