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>>Narrator: WHAT STARTED AS A WAY TO TAKE HER MIND OFF OF BREAST CANCER TREATMENT, TURNED
INTO A PASSION FOR JEAN LIPOVICH (pronounced: LIP-oh-vich).
AND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AS SHE MAKES CARDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OTHERS, SHE STILL FEELS
FORTUNATE FOR THE DECISIONS SHE MADE.
>>Jean Lipovich: “You’ve got to take care of it, you can’t sit back and think and
worry about ‘Oh, what if this, what if that,’ - you’ve just got to step forward and do
it.”
>>Narrator: JEAN WAS TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED - AND A
NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW CRUCIAL PROMPT TREATMENT CAN BE.
>> Electra Paskett, PhD: “If women waited 60 days or longer to start their breast cancer
treatment they had a worse outcomes, meaning a higher rate or a higher chance of dying.”
>>Narrator: IN FACT, IN THE LATER STAGES OF BREAST CANCER, WAITING TWO MONTHS OR LONGER
FOR TREATMENT INCREASED A WOMAN’S RISK OF DYING A STAGGERING 85-PERCENT.¹ THOSE TREATED
EARLIER, HAD NO INCREASED RISK. ELECTRA PASKETT (rhymes with “basket”)
OF OHIO STATE’S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER HELPED CONDUCT A STUDY THAT FOLLOWED NEARLY 2-THOUSAND
WOMEN OVER 3 YEARS. SHE SAYS WHETHER IT WAS WHERE A WOMAN LIVED,
OR HOW MUCH SHE EARNED, WHATEVER KEPT THOSE PATIENTS FROM GETTING TIMELY TREATMENT, TOOK
A SUBSTANTIAL TOLL AND SHOULD BE A FACTOR IN FUTURE CASES.
>>Electra Paskett, PhD: “The effect was the strongest in the women with the most advanced
cancer so that is another lesson, that if you have an advanced cancer you need to start
your treatment soon.”
>>Narrator: IT’S A MESSAGE JEAN BELIEVES IN AND SHARES WITH OTHERS EVERY CHANCE SHE
GETS.
>>Jean Lipovich: “I’ve seen 4 of my other grandchildren born and I know it’s because
I did quick treatment.”
>>Narrator: AT OHIO STATE’S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, THIS IS CLARK POWELL REPORTING.