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Hello all,
Just completed day 3 of our project lead training program. Lorraine and I continue to be challenged, inspired and determined to further our efforts regarding breast cancer prevention and treatment. We were interested to discover that the project lead's focus is to "stop breast cancer" by 2020. they are joining forces internationally with various disciplines of cancer care to establish a more focused, collaborative and structured approach to find a "cure" that combats all types of breast cancer. Have a look at the NBCC website for more details at www.Breast.Cancer.Deadline2020.org
I have been personally interested in discovering that some risk factors for getting breast cancer are different for the triple negative cancers (ie younger pregancies arent protective) and that they are trialling a drug called PARP inhibitor to treat triple negative cancers.
The conference finishes tomorrow. We will be looking at ethical and safety issues of research and how to apply what we've learnt regarding advocacy back in our own countries.
Buenos noches for now,
Petrina and Lorraine
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