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THE
LOWEST WAS FOUND IN PROSTATE
AND
PANCREATIC CANCERS.
SO OFTEN, WE HEAR INSPIRING
STORIES OF
SURVIVAL.
BEHIND THOSE STORIES IS OFTEN A
PLAN THAT A DOCTOR AND
PATIENT
HAVE COMMITTED TO, USING
MEDICATION SO THAT THE CANCER
DOESN'T COME BACK.
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NEWS REPORTER
MEG --
INTRODUCES US TO ONE.
WHEN MONICA AND HER DOCTOR
DISCUSSED HOW THEY WOULD FIGHT
HER BREAST CANCER, THEY HAD A
PLAN OF ATTACK.
HE ENCOURAGED ME TO
HAVE
CHEMOTHERAPY FIRST, SHRINK THE
TUMORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND AFTER
THAT, THEN DO SURGICAL
INTERVENTION.
IT WAS A LOT FOR THIS HOWARD
COUNTY
MOM TO GO THROUGH.
BUT MONICA IS A
NURSE-PRACTITIONER AND KNEW IT
WOULDN'T BE EASY.
SHE SAYS ONE THING IS CERTAIN.
ONCE YOU'VE HAD ONE EPISODE
OF BREAST CANCER, YOU DON'T
WANT
TO HAVE ANOTHER EPISODE.
MERCY MEDICAL
CENTER
ONCOLOGISTS DON'T WANT TO SEE
BREAST CANCER COME BACK.
AND
OFTENTIMES, IT DOES.
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THE
ORIGINAL CANCER MIGHT BE
GONE,
BUT THERE IS A NEW CANCER IN
ANOTHER PORTION OF THE
SAME
BREAST OR ANOTHER BREAST, WHICH
COULD DEVELOP.
TAMOXIFEN
LOWERS THAT BY HALF.
A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THE
LONGER A PATIENT TAKES
THE
MEDICATION, THE BETTER.
INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS, PATIENTS
LIKE MONICA TAKE IT FOR
TEN.
PART OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
IS REALLY COMMITTING TO THE
THERAPY, STRAIGHT THROUGH, FIVE
AND TEN YEARS AFTER.
MONICA SAYS SHE FEELS GREAT
AND
WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS