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Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation® in the News

2011
click to read the article TNBC Foundation's support of emerging research leads to new clinical trial
April 2011 - UAB News
A drug to treat metastatic, triple-negative breast cancer is being tested in a national clinical trial at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, where it was developed.
 
2010
click to read the article Research, fundraisers focus
on finding ways to treat
triple negative cancers

October 2010 - The Star Ledger
Andrea Tucker received two pieces of good news after her breast cancer lumpectomy last April: All of the tumor had been successfully removed and her lymph nodes were clear.

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click to read the article Woman's Grief Inspires
Breast Cancer Campaign

September 2010 - Richmond Magazine
Geraldine Harris distributes thousands of TNBC brochures to raise awareness of triple negative breast cancer in memory of her sister Francene Harris whose battle with TNBC ended on June 5, 2009.

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click to read the article Everlast's 'What Do You
Fight For?' Campaign

September 2010 - CNBC
Two Time Survivor of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Named Champion of Everlast's 'What Do You Fight For?' Campaign
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2007
click to read the article The Breast Cancer Nobody
is Talking About

October 2007 - Oprah Magazine
The news about breast cancer is good, and getting better all the time - except for one virulent, fast-acting type that attacks more than twice as many young black women as all other women.
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click to read the article Breast Cancer More Deadly
in Black Women

September 6, 2007 - Washington Post/AP
A new study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in black women: they are more likely to have tumors that do not respond to the hormone-based treatments that help many others with the disease.
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click to read the article Black Women And Breast Cancer
August 26, 2007 - CBS Evening News
Scientists are studying a form of breast cancer they say strikes early, is resistant to standard drug treatments, and has a death risk factor for black women under age 50 that is 77 percent higher than white women of all ages. Read the article
 

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