谢丽尔·安德森和她的丈夫都是狂热的自行车手。当意外的消息威胁到他们的旅行的夫妇从佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔,是计划通过南达科他州布莱克山自行车之旅。
谢丽尔被诊断出患有早期乳腺癌。
“没有人比我更惊讶,”她说。“我一直都很注重健康。我经常锻炼,合理饮食,照顾好自己。”
安德森,69,接受手术切除肿瘤。她收到了一个好消息 - 她的癌细胞已经没有扩散。
尽管如此,她的医生还是提到了吸毒化疗扫除任何剩余的癌细胞。
“那就是我害怕的时候,”安德森说。“我不想生病或掉头发。癌症并没有吓到我,但化疗却吓到了我。”
基因测试帮助确定最佳的治疗方案
医学博士詹妮弗·克罗齐耶是加州大学的乳腺肿瘤专家浸礼者MD安德森癌症中心在杰克逊维尔,建议进行基因测试。
在此过程中,医生采取从患者的肿瘤组织,然后测序癌症细胞的DNA。这提供了关于复发风险的重要线索。它还有助于确定哪些治疗,包括化疗,会或不会工作。
“DNA测序帮助我们确定乳腺癌细胞是否真的会对化疗产生反应,”克罗齐尔说。“据估计,今年美国将有10万名女性避免化疗以及与之相关的毒性,这都要归功于这项新的测试。”
安德森很高兴成为他们中的一员。
“我松了一口气,”这位在佛罗里达聋哑学校任教的退休教师说。“我喜欢不断前进,我知道化疗会让我慢下来。”
放射疗法 - 无副作用
安德森没有做化疗,而是做了五个星期的放射治疗并没有经历ldsports乐动体育 当天她最后的治疗后,她和丈夫起飞,南达科他州,在那里他们加入了其他600名骑自行车骑了109英里的乔治·S·米克尔森步道,变用途前铁路线三天,通过山,林风和隧道,并且在超过100座转换后的铁路桥梁。
安德森继续兼职工作作为聋哑翻译。而她已经计划她的下一个骑自行车旅行。
“得到最完美的生活和保持积极的,”她说。“态度决定一切。”
关于浸MD安德森
作为合作伙伴成员MD安德森癌症网络,浸MD安德森是一个联合品牌,MD安德森的临床扩展,是完全整合浸信会健康。
在2018年夏天,浸会扩大在佛罗里达州东北部的癌症治疗成人患者的一个新的九层癌症中心开幕。
浸会患者和团队成员输入帮助塑造新中心的设计,以提供最佳的患者为中心的体验。临床团队和患者咨询小组,在设计和施工团队之间的协调,一切从病人如何通过移动中心,以用来制造治疗尽可能舒适的设备提出了建议。
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