An amazing lady who has had BC Mets for 40 years ..... they want to know about her longevity!
How amazing is this woman? (BTW, This article is 6 years old now - and as at 2021, she was 85 and was still going strong.)
Margaret “Peg” Geisler, has now been living with breast cancer for 40 years, and with metastatic disease for 36 of those years.
Peg’s records showed she originally had breast cancer in 1978, it recurred in the 1980s, and she had a biopsy-proven pelvic metastasis that had been treated with radiation, but had never disappeared. She had received multiple medical treatments over the decades, including hormonal therapies and a few chemotherapies.
They are wondering how many extreme survivors with metastatic cancer are there and what makes them tick?
With the help of Dr. Susan Love’s Army of Women, advice from leaders at The Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance, and support from the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade, they have launched an international study looking for extreme survivors of metastatic breast cancer.
https://cancerletter.com/trials-and-tribulations/20180608_6/
There is mention of a study/survey being done in the article - some of the results are written up here:
https://outliers.cancer.wisc.edu/
Margaret “Peg” Geisler, has now been living with breast cancer for 40 years, and with metastatic disease for 36 of those years.
Peg’s records showed she originally had breast cancer in 1978, it recurred in the 1980s, and she had a biopsy-proven pelvic metastasis that had been treated with radiation, but had never disappeared. She had received multiple medical treatments over the decades, including hormonal therapies and a few chemotherapies.
They are wondering how many extreme survivors with metastatic cancer are there and what makes them tick?
With the help of Dr. Susan Love’s Army of Women, advice from leaders at The Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance, and support from the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade, they have launched an international study looking for extreme survivors of metastatic breast cancer.
https://cancerletter.com/trials-and-tribulations/20180608_6/
There is mention of a study/survey being done in the article - some of the results are written up here:
https://outliers.cancer.wisc.edu/
