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COMING UP ON THIS FOCUS WITH
HEALTH.
OUR TEAM SHARING LIFE SAVING
INFORMATION ABOUT BREAST CANCER.
CHANCES ARE THERE'S NOT A SINGLE
PERSON WHOSE LIFE HASN'T BEEN
TOUCHED.
STATISTICS SHOW 1 IN EIGHT WOMEN
WILL DEVELOP CANCER IN THEIR
LIFETIME.
WE WILL HEAR FROM MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL AND WOMEN PROFILING
THEIR STORIES OF HOPE AND
SURVIVAL.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, THIS FOCUS
REPORT STARTS NOW.
FOCUS IS THE PEOPLE, PLACES
AND ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU.
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY.
THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT
UPLIFT AND INSPIRE RIGHT HERE IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE WHEN YOU TUNE INTO
TO FOCUS.
SUPPORT IT PROVIDED BY:
BY SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND
THE ARTS, AIR PRODUCTS HOPES TO
STRIVE THE LEHIGH VALLEY WHERE
WHOSE IS WINNING AND WHO IS
LOSING.
THE FULL RANGE OF THE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE PLAYING OUT EVERY DAY
IN THE PAGE OF OUR NEWSPAPER AND
WEBSITE.
THE PLATFORM YOU CHOOSE TO
ENGAGE WITH YOU IS YOUR
BUSINESS.
DELIVERING THE NEWS IS OURS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS SPECIAL FOCUS ON HEALTH.
I'M LAURA MCHUGH.
NEXT TO SKIN CANCER, BREAST
CANCER RANKING AT THE HOP.
ABOUT 40,000 WOMEN WILL DIE FOR
IT.
AS WE LEARN, ABOUT FIVE TO 10%
OF BREAST CANCER IS THOUGHT TO
BE HEREDITARY.
BRITTANY GARZILLO WITH THE
STORY.
THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE OF
REMOVING ONE OR BOTH *** AND
HAS BECOME A POPULAR METHOD AND
CAN REDUCE THE RISK THE BREAST
CANCER 90%.
ONE COURAGEOUS WOMAN ADD US HER
NAME TO THE LIST.
THAT'S WHEN WE WERE A LITTLE.
IN HER SEVERE MOUNTAIN SIDE
HOUSE.
KELLY AND HER SISTERS TAKE A
STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE.
IT'S AN AFTERNOON FULL OF
FAMILY AND FOND MEMORIES.
LOOK.
BEHIND THEIR SINCERE SMILE
SYSTEM A FAMILY HISTORY NOT
QUITE AS PLEASANT.
THREE OF HER FOUR SISTERS WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH IT AND HER MOTHER
PASSED AWAY WITH IT.
WHEN YOU HAVE SISTERS AND A
MOTHER, YOU FIGURE THE SHOE IS
GOING TO DROP.
IT WAS REVEALED THAT KELLY
INHERITED THE BRCH 1 OR BRACO 1
STRAIN.
ONCE I GOT THE POSITIVE
TEST, I'M LIKE WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I DON'T THINK WE WERE
SURPRISED BECAUSE THREE OF US
HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED.
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS KELLY
WAS DIAGNOSED.
HIKING, BIKING AND WHITE
WATER RAFTING, HER ACTIVE
LIFESTYLE DOESN'T LEAVE ROOM FOR
CANCER.
SHE HEADED TO SAINT LUKE'S TO
DISCUSS THE OPTIONS.
I WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE AT HIGH-RISK TO DEVELOP
CANCER OR WHO MAY HAVE CANCER.
ACCORDING TO ANDREA, THE
BRACO 1 GENE AFFECTS ABOUT 10%.
SHE WHO HAS A FAMILY HISTORY,
MULTIPLE REALMS OF OVARIAN OR
BILATERAL OR INDIVIDUALS WITH
OTHER FORMS OF CANCER.
IF I UNDERSTOOD THEN WHAT I
UNDERSTAND NOW ABOUT THE
INFORMATION FROM THE GENETIC
TESTING COULD HELP ME MAKE
CHOICES TO PREVENT A BREAST
CANCER DIAGNOSIS, I WOULD HAVE
TAKEN ACTION THEN.
I DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE.
AFTER CONSULTS WITH DR. LEE
REILLY AT SAINT LUKE'S, KELLY
WEIGHED HER OPTIONS.
TAKING AN ANTIHORMONE OR OPTING
FOR A NEW PROCEDURE.
A PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY.
IT'S REMOVING BOTH ***.
PROPHYLACTIC MEANS YOU DON'T
HAVE CANCER YET.
THOSE WOMEN CAN UNDER GO NO
RECONSTRUCTION OR UNDER GO
VARIOUS TYPES OF RECONSTRUCTION.
KELLY MADE THE COURAGEOUS
DECISION TO UNDER GO A
PROPHYLACTIC RECONSTRUCTION AND
GIVES ARE FROM 80% CHANCE TO ONE
%.
THE BRAC GENES WERE ONLY
IDENTIFIED IN THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
IT IDENTIFIES WOMEN AT HIGH
RISK.
KELLY'S DECISION MIRRORS THAT OF
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ANGELINA JOLIE
WHO WENT PUBLIC ABOUT HER
DECISION TO TAKE THE ACTION.
IF SHE HAD BEEN THE PERSON
SPEAKING THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS FIRST BEING ADVISED
TO HAVE GENETIC TESTING, I WOULD
HAVE PERKED UP AND LISTENED AND
MAYBE I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME
THING AND AVOIDED THIS BREAST
DIAGNOSIS.
DR. REILLY SAYS THE
PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY ISN'T
FOR EVERYONE.
I THINK CANCER CHANGES YOUR
LIFE.
YOU REALIZE WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGE.
YOU DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
ANYMORE.
WITH KELLY, SHE'S A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SHE REALLY DOES FULL LIFE.
FOR FOCUS, I'M BRITTANY
GARZILLO.
EARLIER, NATALIE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR GRACO AND BEGAN TO
BLOCK AT NATALIE'S JOURNEY.COM.
WELCOME HERE NATALIE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL
BLEEDING AND WASN'T A MAJOR
CONCERN, I WAS DUE FOR A DOCTORS
APPOINTMENT WHICH IS SOMETHING I
HADN'T BEEN GOOD ABOUT MOST OF
MY LIFE.
TAKING CARE OF THE PHYSICAL
ASPECTS.
I STUMBLED ON DR. TAILOR AND
READ RECOMMENDATIONS HE WAS A
GREAT DOCTOR.
I HAD ALSO KNOWN SOMEONE THAT
WENT TO HIM AND HAD A POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE.
I MADE AN APPOINTMENT.
HE ASKED ME QUESTIONS THAT I
HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT AS FAR AS
FAMILY HISTORY WHICH INCLUDES
CANCER ON BOTH SIDES.
SO HE HAD THOUGHT WITH THE
ABNORMAL BLEEDING AND SOME OF
THE THING WE FOUND ON MY
OVARIES, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
FOR ME TO TAKE THE BRACA TEST.
I HAD BEEN FAMILIAR BECAUSE OF
ANGELINA JOLIE.
I FOUND HOW THE MY INSURANCE
COVERED IT.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
EVEN WITH MY FAMILY HISTORY,
I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED.
I LIVED IN DENIAL NOT THINKING
OF MY HEALTH.
I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE RESULTS
CAME BACK THAT I HAD AN 87%
CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST
CANCER AND A 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF DEVELOPING OVARIAN CANCER.
50% IS LIKE FLIPPING A COIN
AND 87% IS AS CLOSE AS TO A
HUNDRED PERCENT THAT YOU WANT TO
HERE.
UPON HEARING HOW QUICKLY I
REACTED TO THE NEWS AND STARTED
A GAME PLAN.
THAT WAS TO STAY CANCER FREE AND
TO GO ABOUT THAT WITH THE HELP
OF MY DOCTORS AND RESEARCHING MY
DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR MYSELF.
THE ONE THING THAT I STRESS AND
I LEARNED THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE IS, EDUCATING
YOURSELF.
BEING YOUR OWN PATIENT ADVOCATE.
NOT GOING INTO THIS BLINDLY.
SO, I DECIDED FOR MYSELF AS A
PERSONAL DECISION TO GO AHEAD
AND GET A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY
THAT COULD LOWER MY CHANCES AND
A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY.
FOR ME, IT WAS A NO-BRAINER.
I KNEW THEY WERE OPTIONS, BUT
FOR ME, MY DECISION WAS TO DO
THE SURGERY.
HOW LONG DID YOU GRAPPLE WITH
THAT DECISION?
IT WAS AN INSTINCT FOR ME.
I AM A SINGLE PARENT.
I WENT INTO MOM MODE AND
SURVIVAL MODE AND KNEW I HAD TO
BE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
KNOWING THIS WOULD BE THE BEST
OPTION AS FAR AS LOWERING MY
RISK WAS AN INSTANT DECISION.
YOU BROUGHT UP YOUR DAUGHTER
IN "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER".
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GUILT OF
PASSING THIS TO YOUR DAUGHTER
AND I IMAGINE THAT'S A COMMON
FEELING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT?
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
AND I TALK ABOUT THAT IN MY
BLOG.
THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, THAT'S
PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT
THING FOR ME TO DEAL WITH.
THE GUILT I FEEL KNOWING I HAVE
PASSED THIS ON TO MY DAUGHTER.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE PERCENT
CHANCE SHE HAS OF GETTING THIS,
BUT KNOW IT COULD BE IN HER
FUTURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FOCUS ON NOW
IS NOT JUST CHANGING THE FUTURE
OF MY HOUSE AND THE OUTCOME OF
THIS SITUATION, BUT FOCUSING ON
THE OUTCOME OF MY DAUGHTER'S
HOUSE.
DOING THE THINGS THAT COULD KEEP
HER FROM HEARING SHE HAS THIS
THREAT OF DISEASE.
HAS SHE CONSIDERED WHETHER OR
NOT SHE WILL GET TESTED YET?
SHE HAS BEEN MY BIGGEST
SUPPORTER.
SHE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME AND
SUPPORTS ME GETTING THE
SURGERIES AND SHE HAS SAID THAT
IF, WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR HER,
WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE IN HER
EARLY 20'S, SHE WILL TAKE THE
TEST TOO.
SHE KNOWS THAT EATING RIGHT AND
EXERCISING WILL HELP THE OUTCOME
OF THAT TEST.
BECAUSE SHE'S HOW OLD NOW?
12.
AN AGE SHE'S GOING THROUGH A LOT
OF CHANGES NOW.
YES.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
IT'S NOT AS DIFFICULT AS IT
COULD BE FOR SOMEONE WITH A
CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
SHE'S GETTING TO SEE THIS AND
HOW I HANDLE THIS WHICH IS WHY I
AM MAKING SURE I EDUCATE MYSELF
AND SHARE WITH OTHER WOMEN.
NATALIE, ONE OF THE THINGS I
SAID WAS YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU CHANGED YOUR HAIR.
THROUGH HAVING THE TOTAL
HYSTERECTOMY.
THERE ARE SIDE AFFECTS DUE TO
THE HORMONE LEVELS AND ONE THING
I HAVE EXPERIENCED IS HAIR LOSS.
I OPTED TO GET NEW HAIR AND I
FEEL LUCKY THAT'S MY ONLY WORRY
AT THIS POINT.
YOU HAD YOUR HYSTERECTOMY,
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?
I SEE MY PLASTIC SURGE ON
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.
WE WILL DISCUSS THE OPTIONS AS
FAR AS RECONSTRUCTION AND WHAT
HE RECOMMENDS AT THIS POINT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
I WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH MY
READERS AS WELL.
AND WE CAN FOLLOW, CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW YOUR JOURNEY AT
NATALIE'S JOURNEY.COM.
I WILL BE HONEST.
SHARING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
THIS AND THE PROGRESSION.
WHY DID I DECIDE TO MAKE IT
PUBLIC?
THIS JOURNEY OF YOURS?
I DECIDED THIS PROBABLY AS
QUICKLY AS I DID MY DECISION TO
HAVE THE SURGERIES.
I FELT THE ANGELINA JOLIE
SITUATION WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE
SHE PUT THIS OUT THERE.
HOWEVER, I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE
IT A STEP FURTHER AND SHOW
EVERYONE NOT ONLY THE TEST IS
AVAILABLE, AND WHAT SHE LOOKED
LIKE AFTERWARDS, BUT STEP BY
STEP HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU.
THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE
MADE.
THE CHOICES YOU HAVE.
SO I JUST FELT IT WAS A CHANCE
OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT I HAD TO
FOLLOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THIS
NATALIE.
THANK YOU.
FOR SHARING ON AIR AND ONLINE
AND ON YOUR BLOGS.
THANK YOU.
FOR WOMEN WHO DON'T HAVE KNOWN
RISK FACTORS OR CAN'T CONTROL
THE ONES YOU HAVE.
THE ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM STARTING AT
AGE 40 ARE RECOMMEND.
GROVER SILCOX SHOWS WHAT'S
AVAILABLE IN OUR AREA.
WHEN A WOMAN DEVELOPS BREAST
AWARENESS TO DEVELOP LUMPS OR
ANY CHANGES, SHE GOES A LONG WAY
IN PREVENTING AND EVEN BEATING
CANCER.
I SPOKE WITH A RADIOLOGIST AND A
CANCER SURVIVOR AT LEHIGH VALLEY
ON THE MOST ADVANTAGED
TECHNIQUES AND HERE'S WHAT THEY
HAD TO SAY.
LEGIONS OF WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BY
BREAST CANCER EVERY YEAR, THEY
KNOW THE ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM IS
IMPORTANT.
IN JUNE OF 2012, JUNE LEARNED
SHE HAD CANCER.
IT WAS FROM A MAMMOGRAM.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE DETECTED IT.
THE MAMMOGRAM IS A
TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTO OF THE
BREAST.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
RECOMMENDED WOMEN OVER 40 GET
ONE EVERY YEAR.
THE SCREEN PICKED IT UP AND
THE DOCTORS CALLED ME BACK.
WE WENT THROUGH ULTRASOUND AND
IT WAS POSITIVE.
DOCTOR PRYA SAREIN SERVED ON THE
MEDICAL TEAM THAT DIAGNOSED AND
TREATED CANCER.
WHEN SHE CAME IN, IT WAS A
VERY SMALL AREA OF
CALCIFICATION.
MY TUMOR WAS SO SMALL THE
ONLY WAY TO DETECT IT WAS A
SCREEN AND MAMMOGRAM.
THE PROBLEM IS BY THE TIME A
PATIENT CAN TYPICALLY FEEL
SOMETHING, ABOUT A CENTIMETER,
IT'S ALREADY BIGGER.
SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T FEEL
ABOUT IT AT TWO, YOU WORRY ABOUT
IT GOING TO THE LYMPH NODES.
IT WAS DETECTED VERY QUICKLY.
SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND
CHEMOTHERAPY AND NOW HER CANCER
IS IN REMISSION.
ALTHOUGH MAMMOGRAPHY CAN SAVE
LIVES, IT CAN MISS CANCER IN
WOMEN WITH THICKER BREAST
TISSUE.
THIS TAKES MULTIPLE IMAGES
AND ALLOWS US TO SEE THROUGH
DENSER PORTIONS OF THE BREAST
AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A BENIGN
TISSUE.
IT GENERATES TWICE THE
RADIATION.
TAKING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF A
BREAST.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CAT SCAN.
THE CENTER HAS BEEN ABLE TO
RULE OUT CANCERS WHO MIGHT
OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE TAKEN TESTS
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY
RECOMMEND WOMEN SCHEDULE YEARLY
MAMMOGRAMS AND CHECKUPS.
I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
SCREENING AND MAMMOGRAPHY IS THE
ONLY TEST THAT HAS SAVED LIVES.
DON'T BE AFRAID OF BEING
TESTED.
IT'S YOUR FEAR THAT WILL HURT
YOU MORE SO.
TAKE IT FROM JOAN EDWARDS.
ONE OF MILLIONS WHO BATTLED AND
WON AGAINST BREAST CANCER.
FOR FOCUS, I'M GROVER SILCOX
REPORTING.
TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION
ABOUT 3 D MAMMOGRAPHY.
DOCTOR LAURA BURGESS JOINS US
NOW.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 3 D
MAMMOGRAPHY, WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE.
WE STARTED WITH REGULAR FILM
MAMMOGRAPHY AND NOW MOVED TO
DIGITAL, WHICH IS THE STANDARD
OF CARE.
NOW WE HAVE 3 D OR TOMO
SYNTHESIS.
A COMPUTER ASSIMILATES THESE
INTO ONE BIG IMAGE AND POSES AN
IMAGE TO READ.
THE BENEFIT OF 3 D OVER DIGITAL
OR AN LOG IS THAT YOU GET A MUCH
CLEARER, MORE DISTINCT AND
DEFINED PICTURE OF THE BREAST
TISSUE, SO IT ENABLES US TO FIND
SMALLER TUMORS AT AN EARLIER
STAGE, WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY WHAT
WE WANT IN A SCREENING TEST.
SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
IT GETTING THAT EARLY?
THE DIAGNOSIS THAT EARLY?
SO OBVIOUSLY, THE SOONER WE
CATCH IT, THE LESS TREATMENT
THAT IS REQUIRED AND THE LESS
CHANCE OF IT SPREADING TO OTHER
PARTS OF THE BODY AND MAKES IT
EASIER TO TREAT FOR THE PATIENT
NOW, WHO IS GOING TO BE A
GOOD CANDIDATE?
ANYBODY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE
3 D MAMMOGRAPHY, HOWEVER THE
PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT ARE WOMEN
WITH DENSE BREAST TISSUE.
THAT TENDS TO BE THE YOUNGER
PATIENTS.
USUALLY PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF
50.
BUT YOU CAN HAVE AN OLDER WOMAN
WITH DENSE BREAST TISSUE WHO
WILL STILL BENEFIT FROM THIS
TECHNOLOGY.
OBVIOUSLY, BREAST CANCER
SURVIVORS, WE LIKE TO USE THE
TECHNOLOGY ON THEM.
SINCE THEY DEVELOPED THE DISEASE
INITIALLY, THEY ARE AT RISK FOR
DEVELOPING A RECURRENCE.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD THEY HAVE
THIS SCREENING?
SO SCREENING IS REALLY ACROSS
THE BOARD STARTS AT AGE 40 AND
EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THEIR
FIRST YEAR, THEY GO THROUGH
ANNUALLY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS HOW
OFTEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE SCREENED
SO THE U.S. TASK FORCE POSED
NEW SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS,
BUT NOBODY HAS ADOPTED THOSE.
THEY WERE NOT TO START UNTIL THE
AGE OF 50 AND TO GO EVERY OTHER
YEAR AND THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY AND PRETTY MUCH THE
MEDICAL PROFESSION DOES NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 50 WHO
ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
CANCER.
SO, IF YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT
FAMILY HISTORY, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
IT MEANS PRIMARY OR FIRST DEGREE
RELATIVES.
MOM OR SISTER WHO HAD BREAST
CANCER AT AN EARLY AGE.
FOR US, THE DEFINITION OF EARLY
STAGE BREAST CANCER IS UNDER THE
AGE OF 50, YOU NEED TO START
YOUR SCREENING 10 YEARS BEFORE
THAT.
IF YOUR MOM HAD CANCER, YOU NEED
TO START YOUR SCREENING AT 33.
WHAT OTHER RISK FACTORS AS
THEY LOOK -- CONSIDERING
STARTING EARLIER.
IF YOU HAVE FIBROCYSTIC
***.
YOU MIGHT HAVE CAT SCANS AS
WELL.
WHAT ARE THE SURVIVAL RATES FOR
BREAST CANCER.
THEY APPROACH 1 HUNDRED %
WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCERS.
IT'S NOT THE DATE SENTENCE
PEOPLE THOUGHT OF 20, 30, 40
YEARS AGO.
THERAPY AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
HAS CHANGED.
HOW DOES THIS AID YOU IN YOUR
ABILITY TO REMOVE THESE?
IT'S GREAT FOR ME BECAUSE I
GET TO OFFER THE PATIENTS BREAST
CONSERVATION, LUMPECTOMY INSTEAD
OF MASTECTOMY.
WHERE IS THAT LINE?
AND WHERE YOU MAKE THE LINES?
THERE'S NOT A HARD AND FAST
RULE.
IF YOU HAVE A LARGE TUMOR IN A
SMALL BREAST, IT WOULDN'T BE AN
OPTION.
IF YOU HAVE LARGE BREAST, YOU
CAN TOLERATE A BIGGER SECTION
AND STILL HAVE BREAST
CONSERVATION.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
TRAINING?
I STARTED IN 2002.
10 YEARS.
SO WHERE DOES THIS LIVE ON THE
LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTION
CAME OUT WITH THE LIST OF
PREMIERE TECHNOLOGY AND IT WAS
NUMBER NINE.
HOW WIDESPREAD IS THE USE?
IT'S NOT STANDARD OF CARE
YET.
INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT
COVERING THE FULL COST.
BLUE CROSS JUST APPROVED
COVERING THAT COLD ON
SEPTEMBER 9TH I AM SURE THE
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
EACH FACILITY CAME UP WITH A FEE
OUT OF POCKET.
EASTON HOSPITAL IS CHARGING $45
AND ARE INSTITUTIONS MIGHT
CHARGE 50 OR $60.
IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY STRAPPED,
$45 IS NOT A BIG COST TO HAVE
BETTER PIECE OF MIND.
DOCTOR BURGESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US
FROM THIS FOCUS SPECIAL REPORT,
WE'RE COVERING EIGHT THE BASIS
ON BREAST CANCER.
WE LEARNED ABOUT THE LATEST
SCREENING TECHNOLOGY IN OUR
READING AND BRITTANY GARZILLO IS
HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE
NEWEST TREATMENT.
INTEROPERATIVE THERAPY MAY
SAVE WOMEN WEEKS OF THERAPY.
THIS IS SAINT LUKE'S CHIEF OF
ONCOLOGY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S CALLED INTEROPERATIVE
RADIATION THERAPY.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS
TREAT WOMEN FOR SIX WEEKS AFTER
THEY HAVE BREAST CANCER IF THEY
HAVE A LUMPECTOMY.
WE HAVE A DEVICE IN THE
OPERATING ROOM WHERE WE TAKE THE
LUMP OUT AND PUT THIS BLASTIC
BALL THIS.
SHOOT RADIATION, TAKE THE BALL
OUT AND ADD AN INCISION.
IT PREVENTS THE WEEKLY TREATMENT
FOR SIX WEEKS.
WHAT KIND OF WOMEN ARE
CANDIDATE
CANDIDATES?
THEY DID A STUDY WHERE WOMEN
FLIPPED A COIN AND HALF GOT SIX
WEEKS OF RADIATION THERAPY AND
HALF OF THEM GOT THE ONE DAY.
YOU COULD BE AS YOUNG AS 45.
YOU HAD TO HAVE RELATIVELY EARLY
CANCER.
SO SMALLER, ABOUT AN INCH IS THE
AVERAGE SIZE.
AND HAD TO HAVE FAVORABLE
FEATURES.
WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A REALLY
AGGRESSIVE CANCER.
THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON CANCER
TYPE.
AS WE DO THIS AT ST. LUKE'S WE
STARTING OUT MORE SAFE.
WE HAVE CONSERVATIVE CRITERIA.
NO NOTHING REALLY SET IN STONE.
WE LIKE IT NOT TO BE IN THE
LYMPH NODES AND SMALLER TUMORS
IN THE AGE OF WOMEN OVER 60, 65
IN THAT RANGE.
IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY.
EVERYBODY IS DOING IT RELATIVE
DIFFERENT.
CALIFORNIA, THEY WILL TREAT
WOMEN WHO ARE 45.
SO IT'S JUST WHERE THEIR COMFORT
ZONE IS.
THE BEST THING IS TO CONSULT
WITH THE PHYSICIANS FIRST TO
DETERMINE IF THEY'RE
CANDIDATE.
EXACTLY.
AND EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT
NEEDS AND CRITERIA.
IT'S REALLY AN INDIVIDUAL
THING.
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE AND
SURGERY AND RADIATION?
TYPICALLY, YOU GO THROUGH
SURGERY.
YOU GO HOME THAT DAY.
WE CHECK AN LYMPH NODE.
USUALLY, PEOPLE ARE BACK TO WORK
WITHIN A WEEK.
NO SOONER THAN THREE WEEKS WE
START RADIATION THERAPY WHERE
THEY COME INTO THE RADIATION
FACILITY, LAY DOWN ON A TABLE.
GET A COUPLE TATTOOS THAT ARE
VERY SMALL.
THE NEXT DAY THEY COME IN AND
IT'S SORT OF LIKE GOING TO A
TANNING SALON.
BUT IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE TO
GET THE TREATMENT WHEN YOU GET
YOUR DAILY DOSE.
THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THAT MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SIX WEEKS AND
THAT'S A BIG INCONVENIENCE.
THE BREAST STARTS TO TURN RED
AFTER TWO WEEKS.
MOST WOMEN DON'T BLISTER BUT
SOME CAN.
AFTER TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU'RE
FINISHED, THE REDNESS GOES AWAY.
IT'S SIX WEEKS OF TREATMENT
HAS IT BEEN TESTED ALONG
ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE
SURVIVAL RATES?
DEPENDS.
FOR ANY TREATMENTS, WE STARTED
DOING IT WITH THE LUMPECTOMY AND
STARTED ADOPTING THE THERAPY.
THEN CONTINUE YEARS LATER, WE DO
ANOTHER STUDY AND SEE HOW THOSE
WOMEN ARE DOING AND ANOTHER 15
YEARS AND A STUDY.
TYPICALLY WE ADOPT THINGS AT A
FIVE-YEAR INTERVAL.
WE'RE JUST REACHING THAT NOW.
WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.
THEY WERE PEOPLE FOUR YEARS AND
OTHERS THAT HAD BEEN FOR A LONG
TIME.
WE'RE IN THE BALLPARK WITH THIS.
THE LUMPECTOMY WAS 1 PERCENT.
THEY ARE STATISTICALLY
IDENTICAL.
WE WILL FOLLOW THEM OUT FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS.
HOW IS THIS CHANGING THE
LIFE OF CANCER PATIENTS?
IT'S DRAMATIC.
THE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IT
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
MISSING.
I TRY TO TELL MY PATIENTS
BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL GETTING
THE SIX WEEKS.
I SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW
TECHNOLOGY OUT HERE THAT'S NOT
AVAILABLE BUT IF YOU HEAR ABOUT
IT, I WISH WE HAD IT SOONER.
THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WOMEN
COMING AFTER THEM.
THINGS ARE CHANGING AND MAKES
THE WHOLE FIELD ENCOURAGE WE ARE
MAKING NEED STRIDES.
NOW DO YOU FORESEE USING THIS
KIND OF TREATMENT TO TREAT OTHER
CANCERS BESIDES BREAST CANCER IN
THE FUTURE?
I DO.
AT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MD
ANDERSON MEMORIAL, THEY HAVE
BEEN USING RADIATION THERAPY IN
THE OPERATING ROOM.
THEY HAVE THE WHOLE LINEAR
ACCELERATOR
ACCELERATORS.
THEY SEE IF YOU CAN TREAT THE
LUNG OR ***.
THIS MAKES IT EASIER AND MORE
PORTABLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE A $3 MILLION MACHINE INSIDE
AN OPERATING ROOM.
YES , I SEE IT.
THERE ARE STUDIES THAT HAVE COME
OUT THIS DEVICE WITH ***
CANCER.
IT'S COMING.
YES.
NOW IN FEWER THAN 50 SITES
OFFER THE TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS SOMETHING EXTREMELY RARE
TO LEHIGH.
YES.
IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE IN NEW
JERSEY.
I'M GOING NEW YORK TOMORROW TO
LOOK THE THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE
DOING IT A LOT.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT, AND I
SEE IT COMING.
THE 50 SITES IS NOT LIKE WE'RE
THE FIRST ON THE BLOCK.
BUT IT'S OUT THERE AND I SEE IT
COMING.
WELL, THE TECHNOLOGY JUST
AMAZING.
DOCTOR LEE REILLY FROM SAINT
LUKES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LAURA.
ACCORDING TO OUR NEXT GUEST,
FINDING THE RIGHT TREATMENTS FOR
THE RIGHT PERSON LEADS TO A
GREATER SURVIVAL RATE.
WELCOME DR. CATHERINE HARRIS AND
JENNETTE PLOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN FINDING THE
RIGHT TREATMENT?
THE PARAMETERS WE USED TO USE
ARE NOT THE BE ALL END ALL.
THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT
TUMORS AND IF OUR TREATMENTS ARE
GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT.
WE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF BREAST
CANCER AS ONE DISEASE.
IT'S BECOME CLEAR THERE ARE
MULTIPLE TYPES OF BREAST CANCER.
EVERY PATIENT AND TUMOR ARE
UNIQUE.
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THE RIGHT
TREATMENT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON?
IT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.
MEETING THE PATIENT AND WHAT
THEY INTEND TO GET OUT OF
TREATMENT THEY RECEIVE.
LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC FACTORS
OF THEIR DISEASE.
THE STAGE, HOW FAR ALONG THE
TUMOR IS AND MORE SENSITIVE
FACTORS LIKE DR. HARRIS ALLUDED
TO.
THE ACTUAL BIOLOGY OF THE TUMOR
TO GUIDE THE TREATMENT.
IS THERE GUIDANCE YOU USE
WHEN YOU DECIDE WHAT I THINK OF
AS SURGERY, CHEMO.
SURGERY IS OFTEN THE FIRST
STEP TO REMOVE THE TUMOR AND
GIVE US AN ACCURATE STAGE TO
GUIDE THE TREATMENT.
SYSTEMIC THERAPY SUCH AS WHAT
DOCTOR HARRIS DELIVERS AND
RADIATION TREATMENT PRIMARILY
GEARED TOWARD LOCAL CONTROL.
KEEPING THE CANCER FROM COMING
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SITE AND
SURVIVAL BENEFITS FROM TREATMENT
WHAT ARE SYSTEMIC TREATMENT?
IN BREAST CANCER, THE TWO
TREATMENTS ARE CHEMOTHERAPY OR
ANTI
ANTI-ES
ANTI-ESTROGEN THERAPY.
IT USED TO BE YEARS AGO WE WERE
MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GIVE
CHEMOTHERAPY TO MORE WOMEN, BUT
AS WE FOLLOWED PATIENTS ALONG
FOR MANY YEARS, IT'S CLEAR THAT
OVER THE LONG-TERM, THERE CAN BE
SOME UNEXPECTED LONG-TERM
CONSEQUENCES OF CHEMOTHERAPIES,
SUCH AS CARDIAC DISEASE,
SECONDARY CANCERS, AND OTHER
VERY LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHO REALLY NEEDS AGGRESSIVE
TREATMENT AND WHO REALLY DOESN'T
NEED THOSE SORTS OF TREATMENT SO
THEY ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO THE
SHORT AND LONG-TERM SIDE
AFFECTS.
IF SOMEBODY FOUND EARLY
STAGE.
SINCE STAGING IS A KEY FACTOR IN
IDENTIFYING THE TREATMENT, WHAT
IS THE TYPICAL TREATMENT VERSUS
SOMEONE AS A VERY ADVANCED
STAGE?
WE'RE BIG PROPONENTS OF
BREAST CONSERVATION.
BEING ABLE TO SAVE THE BREAST
AND TREAT IT FOR THE EQUIVALENT
OUTCOME WHICH MASTECTOMY USED TO
BE RECOMMENDED.
IT WILL INVOLVE PARTIAL BREAST
SURGERY, FOLLOWED BY SOME FORM
OF DRUG THERAPY AND RADIATION
TREATMENTS TO TREAT THE
REMAINING BREAST TISSUE TO
PREVENT RECURRING CANCER IN THE
LYMPH NODES.
TRYING TO SHORTEN OF THE OVERALL
COURSE SO IT'S LESS CUMBER SOME
AND FITTING WITH THEIR LIFE
GOALS.
THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR
FIELD, THE REGIMENTS THAT AREN'T
SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE QUALITY OF
LIFE AND REDUCING THE LONG-TERM
RISKS OF RADIATION THERAPY.
AT WHAT STAGE IS MASTECTOMY
CONSIDERED OR LOOKED AT?
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
INDICATIONS THAT A MASTECTOMY IS
NEEDED.
FOR A PATIENT WHO MAY NOT HAVE
AN ACCEPTABLE COSMETIC OUTCOME
WITH A BREAST CONSERVING
SURGERY.
MASTECTOMY IS ONE CONSIDERATION.
IF SOMEONE IT DESIROUS OF SAVING
THE BREAST, WE WILL GIVE
HORMONAL THERAPY TO SHRINK THE
TUMOR AND ALLOW FOR BETTER
COSMETIC SURGERY.
THAT'S AT AN ABSOLUTE INDICATOR,
BUT CERTAINLY A CONSIDERATION.
TIMES WHEN MASTECTOMY IS
PREFERRED IS WHEN THERE'S A
TUMOR INVOLVING, WE DECIDE THE
BREAST UP INTO A CLOCK FACE AND
TALK ABOUT QUADRANTS.
AND IF THERE'S A TUMOR OVER
MULTIPLE QUADRANTS, THEN REALLY
BREAST CONSERVES SURGERY IS NOT
A SAFE SURGERY AND OUR PRIMARILY
GOAL IS TAKING THE BEST CARE OF
PATIENTS.
A MASTECTOMY IS THE PREFERRED
REASON.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BREAST CANCER
IS RESULTING IN MASTECTOMY?
THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
THERE ARE SO MANY TAKEN BECAUSE
OF CANCER PHOBIA.
THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION
ON CANCER RISK.
SOMETIMES YOUNGER WOMEN EVEN IF
THEY ARE A CANDIDATE FOR KEEPING
THE BREAST, MAY OPT TO HAVE THE
MASTECTOMY TO PREVENT DEALING
WITH CANCER LATER IN LIFE.
AND THERE IS RECONSTRUCTION
WHICH MAKES IT A REASONABLE
OPTION.
IT'S KIND OF A MULTI-PART
ANSWER.
NOT THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE
ADVANCED CANCER.
THERE HAS BEEN A TREND TOWARD
MORE AGGRESSIVE SURGERY FOR
THOSE REASONS
FINALLY, HOW IS IT AFFECTING
SURVIVAL RATES BEING ABLE TO
TAILOR TREATMENT?
BREAST CANCER IS A DISEASE WE
HAVE MADE PROGRESS.
WE IDENTIFIED PARTICULARLY
AGGRESSIVE SUBTYPES, DEVELOPMENT
TARGETED THERAPIES THAT KIND OF
NEUTRALIZE THE PROTEINS INVOLVED
IN CAUSING THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE
OF THE CANCER.
AND OUR TREATMENTS ON AVERAGE
CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF A
RECURRENCE.
WE TALK ABOUT A RECURRENCE,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MET
STATIC DISEASE BY 50%.
COMPARED TO SOMEBODY WHO
RECEIVES NO TREATMENT TO REDUCE
THAT RISK.
SO, THE OTHER REALLY NICE THING
IS WE ARE BEING MORE MINDFUL OF
OUR SURVIVORS AND PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE LONG-TERM
QUALITY OF LIFE.
BEING BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY
WHO NEEDS AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT
AND WE'RE FINDING THAT PATIENTS
ARE LIVING A BETTER QUALITY OF
LIVE WHEN THEY SURVIVE BREAST
CANCER.
DOCTOR HARRIS AND DOCTOR
NOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THE AFFECTS OF CANCER DON'T
JUST GO AWAY WHEN THEY HEAR THE
NEWS THEY ARE CANCER FREE.
THE SURGERIES AND THERAPIES THAT
FOLLOW LEAVE THEIR BODIES AND
LIVES CHARGED FOREVER.
I MET ONE LOCAL WOMAN WHO
BATTLES A CONDITION THAT AFFECTS
MANY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.
YEARS AFTER JOAN BEAT CANCER,
SHE FINDS HERSELF IN THE
HOSPITAL TO TREAT THE LASTING
AFFECTS OF HER CANCER TREATMENT.
THIS ARM IS OBVIOUSLY VERY
SMALL.
THE SHOOTING PAIN.
ONCE IN A WHILE, I GET A
SHOOTING PAIN, UNCOMFORTABLE
SWELLING JOINS THE PAIN.
JOAN DESCRIBES THES OF
LYMPHADEMIA.
IT'S ONE THING THAT'S
UNPREVENTIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE
BREAST CANCER.
I STARTED GETTING IT AND MY
ARM WOULD SWELL.
WITHOUT LYNPH NODES TO CARRY THE
EXTRA FLUID AWAY FROM HER BODY,
SHE HAS TO HAVE TREATMENT.
TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.
JOAN COMES TO EASTON HOSPITAL
WHERE SHE SPENDS AN HOUR WITH
CAROL WHALE FROM GOOD SHEPARD
REHABILITATI
REHABILITATION.
YOU AND I HAVE A HANG NAIL,
GET A BEE STING.
WE DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO
IT.
FOR SOMEONE WITH DISRUPTION TO
TH
LYPMPHATIC DISEASE.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME SPOT SO
THAT EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT.
THEN KARA MOVES ON TO MANUAL
LYMPHATIC MAAGE -- MASSAGE.
IT'S TO MOVE THE FLUID TO GO
BACK TO THE REGULAR VASCULAR
SYSTEM.
PART OF MAKE ITS WORK,
THERE'S A NORMAL MUSCLE ACTION
PUMP IN THE ARM.
THE MORE THEY USE IT, THE MORE
THE MUSCLE PUSHES AGAINST THE
BANDAGES.
BREAK IN THE BANDAGE A
LITTLE BIT.
AFTER SHE COMPLETES THERAPY,
JOAN WILL BE FITTED FOR A
SPECIAL COMPRESSION SLEEVE.
IT'S ONE OF WAYS CANCER MAY HAVE
CHANGED HER BAD.
BUT DEEP DOWN, SHE'S STILL THE
SAME PERSON AS ALWAYS.
TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT LIFE AFTER CANCER, EASTON
HOSPITAL'S MARION KELLY IS WITH
US.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
FOR A LOT OF BREAST CANCER
WHO IS GO THROUGH TREATMENT,
SURGERY, CHEMO.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER THEY
HEAR THEY ARE CANCER FREE?
THAT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.
FOR SOME PATIENTS, IT COULD BE A
YEAR, SEVERAL YEARS IF THEY ARE
ON HORMONE THERAPY AND
CONSIDERED CANCER FREE.
FROM THE DAY THEY ARE DIAGNOSED,
THEY ARE CONSIDERED A SURVIVOR.
WE LOOK AT ALL THAT YOU MADE IT
AND DOING GREAT THROUGH THE
WHOLE TREATMENT PROCESS.
WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED
FROM THEIR MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST OR
SURGERY ONCOLOGIST, THEY GET
SCARED AND NOT SURE HOW CAN I
NOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE FOLLOW
UP APPOINTMENT?
WE SEE THEY GET NERVOUS ABOUT
THAT AND LIKE THE CHECKUP
BECAUSE THE FEAR OF IT MIGHT
COME BACK.
WE SEE PATIENTS.
WE TRY TO WITH OUR BREAST CARE
NURSE NAVIGATOR AND THE NURSES
THEY HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THAT
WE CAN KEEP THEM FEELING HEALTHY
AND DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN
THEY GO THROUGH THAT PIECE THEY
ARE SEPARATED THEN FROM THEIR
ONICOLOGIST.
I THINK THAT'S THE TIME THEY
START TO LEARN HOW TO KNOW THAT
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THAT
THOUGHT ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF
THEIR MIND.
HOW OFTEN DO THEY NEED TO SEE
THEIR ONCOLOGIST AT THIS POINT?
MOST DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO
SEE THEIR PATIENTS.
IT'S USUALLY YEARLY WHEN THEY
COME BACK TO THE FOLLOW UP.
THAT'S WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE
OF PROVIDING THEM WITH HAVING
THEIR MAMMOGRAMS DONE ON THAT
YEAR BASIS AND MORE FREQUENTLY.
PHYSICALLY AND BIOLOGICALLY,
FOR WOMEN THAT EXPERIENCED
BREAST CANCER, THEIR BODIES ARE
CHANGED OFTEN FOREVER.
WE SAW IT IN THE CASE OF
LYMPHEDMA.
WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS THEIR BODIES
ARE CHANGED?
IF THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH
CHEMOTHERAPY WITH THEIR HAIR.
THEY MAY HAVE LOST THEIR HAIR
AND IT'S GROWN BACK AND MAYBE A
WHOLE DIFFERENT TEXTURE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD STRAIGHT
HAIR AND IT COMES BACK EARLY.
THEY SEE THAT AS A BODY CHANGE.
THAT COULD BE A LIFE CHANGING
EXPERIENCE FOR THEM IF THEY HAVE
HAD TO HAVE MASTECTOMY AND
RECONSTRUCTION.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
OCCURRED TO THEM THEY NOW HAVE
TO FORGE FORWARD.
THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER THEY ARE A
SURVIVOR AND HAVE GONE THROUGH
THIS.
THEY WILL ADAPT TO THE CHANGES
THAT OCCUR.
SOME MAY HAVE GAINED WEIGHT
BECAUSE OF HORMONE THERAPY THEY
HAVE BEEN ON.
THEY NOW HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO
DIFFERENT TYPE OF EXERCISING OR
WAY OF EATING THAT WILL BE
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY DID
PRIOR TO BEING DIAGNOSED WITH
HAVING CANCER.
IT ALSO CHANGES THEM FROM
THE INSIDE OUT TOO.
IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE FOREVER
ONCE YOU'VE BORN THAT WORD.
ONCE YOU'RE A SURVIVOR.
WE SEE THAT A LOT.
I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE A
WHOLE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON LIFE
WHEN THEY DO THAT.
THEY WANT TO LIVE FOR THE
MOMENT.
I SEE MANY PATIENTS DO THINGS
THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE IF
THEY HADN'T BEEN DIAGNOSED.
THAT'S ACTUALLY REWARDING TO A
LOT OF PATIENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY TAKE ON A
WHOLE DIFFERENT ASPECT OF LIFE
AND GO SKY DIVING THEY PROBABLY
NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
SOMETHING AS DARING AS THAT OR
HOW THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK.
I HAVE A VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE
BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.
THAT WAS THE WAY TO GIVE BACK
BECAUSE SO MANY GAVE TO THEM AM
THEY COME BACK AND BE
VOLUNTEERS.
THEY SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE
DONE.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HEAR ABOUT
FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATES.
IS THAT FIVE YEAR MARK A REALLY
IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR A LOT OF
WOMEN?
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
CONTINUES TO BE.
WE REALLY LOOK AT FROM THE DAY
THEY ARE DIAGNOSED THEY ARE
CONSIDERED A SURVIVOR.
WE SEE TREATMENT PLANNING AND IF
THEY HAVE HORMONE, THEY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN TO BE ON FOR FIVE
YEARS.
STATISTICALLY, WE LOOK AT
FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL YEARS.
IT'S A NUMBER THAT HAS STUCK AND
WE CONTINUE TO USE AS A MARKER.
AS EASTON HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY
SERVICES, WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE
DO YOU FOR SOMEBODY THAT GOT THE
GREAT NEWS THEY ARE CANCER FREE
AND BEING DISCHARGED.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE?
LIVE THE LIFE, THE BEST YOU
CAN I THINK.
JUST GO FOR IT.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON YOU
SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ENJOY AND
CONTINUE ON AND DO EVERYTHING
YOU WANT TO DO AND MORE.
I MEAN I JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE
BLESSED AND YOU REALLY NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD.
DON'T LOOK BACK.
JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD.
AND GIVE TO OTHERS.
I THINK THAT SHARING AND BEING
ABLE TO BE WITH OTHERS IS LIKE
THE MOST FUN THAT YOU CAN DO.
MARIANNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU.
FINALLY THIS PAST WEEKEND,
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES
CAME TOGETHER FOR THE WOMEN'S 5
K CLASSIC.
THIS STARTED IN 1993 WITH JUST
250 RUNNERS AND WALKERS.
20 YEARS LATER, IT ATTRACTED
5000 WOMEN AND RAISES $250,000
FOR SUPPORT GROUPS AND
SCREENINGS FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN.
MAGGIE BOYIER BRINGS US THE
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THIS
EVENT.
WE STARTED ACTUALLY 21 YEARS
AGO.
IT WAS STARTED TO GET WOMEN INTO
FITNESS BECAUSE WOMEN WHO
EXERCISE, THERE'S STUDIES THEY
ARE GREATLY REDUCED RISK OF
DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER.
WHEN WE DID THE EVENT, WE
DECIDED TO LINK IT WITH BREAST
CANCER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT PEOPLE
WOULD BE MORE MOTIVATED TO
CELEBRATE THE EVENT AND GIVE IF
THERE WAS A CAUSE.
THE BEST PART OF THE EVENT,
IT'S ALL ABOUT STORIES.
STORIES ABOUT COMING BACK YEAR
AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, MEETING
TOGETHER IN A SPECIAL PLACE IN
THE LEHIGH PARKWAY.
I HONESTLY, I KNEW THAT WAS
THE THING I SHOULD NOT BE
FEELING.
WELL, MY SISTER HAD BREAST
CANCER AND SHE WAS ONLY 27, AND
SO, ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER, I HAD
OVARIAN CANCER, SO WE WON THE
SISTER AWARD FOR HAVING FEMALE
CANCER.
AND I AM A SIX-YEAR SURVIVOR.
I HAVE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
AND KIDS HERE TO SUPPORT A VERY,
VERY DEAR CAUSE TO MY HEART.
IT'S THE WHOLE COMMUNITY FOR
ONE DAY.
EVERYBODY IS IN THE WOMEN'S 5 K
CLASSIC.
WE HAVE EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE
AREA WORKING TOGETHER TODAY.
WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC SPONSOR.
IT'S EVERYONE DOES SOMETHING
THAT MAKES THIS EVENT
SUCCESSFUL.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND ACTUALLY THIS WHOLE GROUP
5000 LADY, THIS IS A VILLAGE FOR
LEHIGH VALLEY.
WE ARE BLESSED TO SUCH A GOOD
ORGANIZATION.
SINCE 1993, THE WOMEN'S 5 K
CLASSIC HAS RAISED MORE THAN
$2 MILLION FOR BREAST CANCER
PROGRAMS IN LEHIGH.
THEY SUPPORT ALL KINDS PROGRAMS,
WHETHER TO HELP LOW-INCOME WOMEN
GET MAMMOGRAPHIES OR PROGRAMS TO
TEACH YOUNG WOMEN BREAST CANCER
SUPPORT.
A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
FACING THIS SCARY PROSPECT.
EVERY KNOWS SOMEONE.
HAS FAMILY, FRIENDS WHO HAVE
FACED IT.
MY MOTHER HAD A DOUBLE
MASTECTOMY.
I WAS ONLY 13 YEARS AT THE TIME.
WAY BACK WHEN AND HOW
FRIGHTENING THAT IS.
ALL THESE NEW TECHNIQUES GIVING
HOPE TO WOMEN IS GREAT.
IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR
2.8 MILLION BREAST CANCER
SURVIVORS.
BOTH OF MY GRANDMOTHERS OF
SURVIVORS.
IT RUNS IN MY FAMILY TOO.
THE 3 D MAMMOGRAPHY.
IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY
PEOPLE VIEW AND DEAL WITH
CANCER.
AND HOW QUICKLY IT CHANGED.
I REMEMBER DOING A STORY FIVE
YEARS AGO ABOUT DIGITAL
MAMMOGRAPHY AND NOW 3 D IS THE
ACCEPTED WAY TO GO.
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.
AS NATALIE POINTED OUT.
YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN BEST
ADVOCATE AND HAVE THE BREAST
AWARENESS OR AWARENESS OF YOUR
BODY TO DETECT CHANGES FROM
TUMORS AND LUMPS OR
DISCOLORATION.
YOU'RE AWARE OF YOUR OWN BODY TO
IDENTIFY THESE PROBLEMS EARLY
ON.
THANKS TO NATALIE AND
BRITTANY'S REPORTING.
PREVIVOR.
IF THEY DO SOMETHING EARLY
AND THEY DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT
IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
REPORTS AND YOUR HARD WORK.
OUR NEXT FOCUS IN HEALTH IS NOT
GOING TO BE UNTIL JANUARY UNTIL
WE FOCUS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
REMEMBER TO FOCUS ON WHAT
MATTERS.
FOCUS IS SUPPORTED BY:
BY SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND
THE ARTS.
AIR PRODUCTS STRIVE TO IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE
LEHIGH VALLEY WHERE WE CALL