| Although the
majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer are over
the age of 40, approximately 10,000 women ages 20 - 39 will
be diagnosed in the next year. While this diagnosis is life altering to
women of all ages, the impact of this diagnosis on younger women can be particularly
devastating as they struggle with multiple roles of wife,
mother and professional. With few tools to predict who will and will
not develop cancer, the decision to join human studies, take medications,
or even surgically remove healthy breasts are usually made in the
dark. However, a new study has identified a gene that could tell us who is
at risk for developing breast cancer. This half-hour program brings
together two experts from Cancer Institute of New Jersey, a genetics
counselor, a young breast cancer survivor/spokesperson for the Young Cancer
Survival Network, a breast cancer patient who is currently in treatment and
underwent genetics counseling, and a representative from the Susan
G. Komen Foundation. All whose ultimate goal lies in lowering breast
cancer mortality rates in our communities among young women.
Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer
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Lynne Ann Fox |
Nancy Healey |
Lori |
Kim Ranieri |
*Click on the guest photos to learn more about
them
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