For every type of cancer it’s always important to have a survivor in your corner. No more so than breast cancer and the personal circumstance that surround the situation. Sometimes when you have an urgent need and start exploring the possibilities on the internet when it’s a crisis. Just finding the right keywords to google can be quite mind numbing and baffling.
With one of the most intriquing and interesting cancer cases I happen upon being Dr. Kimberly Allison. Whom in March 2008 being 33 years old and a breast cancer pathologist. Also recently having been named Director of Breast Pathology at the University of Washington in Seattle. With her diagnosis that was challenging to treat because the tumor cells lacked the receptors for estrogen and progesterone that are associated with more curable cancers.
However the cells carried receptors for Her-2/neu, a growth factor that’s associated with agressive cancer. At diagnosis Dr. Kimberly’s cancer had already spread to at least one lymph node and it was big, bigger than the average size being one – to – two centimeters. Hers being seven centimeters might be a bit testy to treat. Since that time Dr. Allison has chosen to give something back, while mentoring other patients about her experiences she has written a book “Red Sunshine.”
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