In findings that are fundamentally
reshaping scientific understanding of breast cancer, researchers have found
four genetically distinct types of this particular cancer. Within those types,
they found hallmark genetic changes that are driving many cancers. These studies
are expected to lead to new treatments with drugs already approved for cancers
in other parts of the body and new ideas for more precise treatments aimed at
genetic aberrations that now have no known treatment. Breast cancer kills more
than 35,000 women A YEAR, just in the United States alone. Dr. Matthew Ellis
explains, “This is the road map for how we might cure breast cancer on the
future.” With this information, so many lives will be saved, and so many lives
will be changed. Doctors and other researchers still caution that it will take
years to achieve this goal.
I believe that this is a global
issue. Many people are struggling with breast cancer around the world, and it
is amazing to know that they are on the road to finally finding a cure to this
terrible disease. When I was younger, my great aunt was diagnosed with breast
cancer. It runs in our family. She had a difficult time, and really struggled
with everyday tasks. And this really impacted my grandmother’s life, it was her
sister. She had a hard time dealing with the fact that it was a battle that she
ended up losing. It touches me, because I never wanted to see someone go
through that, especially someone I knew. To know that they are on the right
track to finding a cure for this cancer, absolutely thrills me.
The New York Times Newspaper
Monday, September 24, 2012
Front Page
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