Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
♪
IN RECENT YEARS RESEMPERS
HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND
TREATMENT.
BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT
MONEY.
JOCELYN MAMINTA HAS THE STORY.
ANNIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
BREAST CANCER SEVEN YEARS AGO.
EVEN THOUGH YOUR WORLD
COLLAPSES, THEN YOU TAKE A DEEP
BREATH AND SAY HOW AM I GOING TO
BEAT THIS?
WHEN I HAD RADIATION, I WAS THE
ENTIRE BREAST, AND NOW THIS HAS
CHANGED TO THEY CAN TARGET AND
YOU CAN JUST DO LITTLE BIT.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
TARGETED THEPIES ARE WHERE
CANCER TREATMENT IS NOW.
I THINK WITH TARGETED
THERAPIES THE NEXT REAL ADVANCE
FORWARD WILL BE WHEN WE LEARN TO
COMBINE TARGETED DRUGS WITH EACH
OTHER.
THEY ARE COMBINING CERTAIN
TARGETED DRUGS TO SLOW CANCER
GROWTH.
WHEN WE COMBINE THESE DRUGS
TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER AFFECTS
THAN USING SINGLE DRUGS.
EARLY RESUS ARE PROMISING
IN ANIMAL STIES, BUT THERE ARE
ROADBLOCKS.
THE MOST CHALLENGING PART IS
HAVING THE FUNDING AND TIME TO
KEEP IT ROLLING FORWARD.
ENTER CONNECTICUT BREAST
HOUSE INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE SEED MONEY.
WITHOUT THE MONEY, BREAST
CANCER RESEARCHERS WOULD HAVE
LITTLE TO SHOW OF THEIR WORK.
WE HAVE A CRITERIA THAT THEY
HAVE TO MEET, AND IT VARIES HOW
MUCH WE GIVE OUT AND HOW MUCH WE
HAVE.
EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR, MORE
AND MORE THINGS ARE DISCOVERED,
THAT'S WHY THE DOCTORS TIME IN
THE LAB IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO
PRECIOUS.
AS MUCH AS WE AS PTIENTS WANT
TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND TAKE HIS
TIME UP, THE TIME IN THE LAB IS
RELY WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE.
THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDS WOMEN