tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17964998329543790002022-05-18T09:13:54.411-05:00The No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation PostWhile we wait for the cure, we get you through your breast cancer and life beyond.Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-35080399511585075322017-10-07T09:28:00.000-05:002017-10-07T09:28:50.719-05:00Living Well
Beyond the treatments, beyond the worry and soothing the frazzled nerves of concerned loved ones, there is one vital thing that must never be forgotten: You.
Day 7
Living Well
It is so easy to get swallowed up in the vortex of your disease when it seems all you do is go to the doctor, get a treatment, come home and recover just in time to return for another one. Like a sleep walker you Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-68077801582049261542017-10-04T13:27:00.000-05:002017-10-04T13:27:19.326-05:00Tidal Wave
As if it was not bad enough to be diagnosed with cancer, I had to be diagnosed a few weeks before Pink Hell Month. And that is what it is. (If you are a Pink-er, you should probably stop reading now.)
Day 3
Pink Hell Tidal Wave
Imagine this: A man is diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is told he has to have a radical prostatectomy and is facing chemotherapy and radiation to a very Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-65464283119365379752017-10-03T10:46:00.000-05:002017-10-03T10:46:42.970-05:00Gates of Hell
Tom Petty died last night. He was a poet, a performer, and without knowing it, a provider of the strength we needed to stand up to the gates of hell and not back down.
"I won't back down. No, I won't back down..."
Day 2
Chemo
It is hard to tell which is worse, the fear of chemo or actually doing chemo. It turns out that years later, if you survive your cancer, chemo will stay Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-81024103630893206472017-10-02T09:47:00.000-05:002017-10-02T09:47:16.278-05:00Real: Day 1
(It's that time. That horrible time when women trying to manage their fear, pain, heartache and confusion get swallowed up by an orgiastic marketing stampede of corporate hijackers stealing a precious month from their lives. This year, I am going to take you through a month of breast cancer. This is not for "awareness" or to raise money. It is to calm the soul of all of you who are not onlyGina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-49900135489227347182016-03-22T09:57:00.000-05:002016-03-22T09:57:36.358-05:00Updates on the Research Front
There has been quite a bit of new information on the treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
We update frequently here on the blog, but new information can also be found on our website.
Today we welcome you to read about the following on our Triple Negative News Page HERE
What will you find?
Beta Blockers have been found to help chemotherapy be more effective when treating Triple Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-41849738166930931102016-02-06T20:25:00.000-05:002016-02-06T20:28:37.676-05:00Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Finds More Hope
We have long been strong supporters of the work being done at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Today, an article that appeared in Long Island's Newsday, shows that there is much to hope for.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher explores antisense technology to defeat cancer
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-1159849354126682882015-10-09T17:43:00.000-05:002015-10-09T17:43:07.390-05:00EARLY DETECTION DOES MATTER. PERIOD.
From the inception of the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation, we have stressed the importance of early detection. Some people are very lucky and find their tumors while they can be removed and the rest of the body can be treated depending on the extent of the disease. Does that mean that all small tumors are not deadly? No.
My first breast cancer's pathology revealed it began as DCIS, Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-77730631247265658192015-10-01T18:29:00.000-05:002015-10-01T18:30:34.523-05:00Nothing to SayIt's October. Oh holy hell. Not again.
Everyone is asking me to either say something or participate in something pink. Why? When have I ever been pink?
I was first diagnosed in September - so I had to go through the first horrifying month of chemo in a sea of pink ribbons and happy faces. In the real world, I slept on the bathroom floor because I was so sick from treatment I had to.
Breast Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-11303583617762000192015-08-07T08:36:00.001-05:002015-08-07T08:36:43.195-05:00Use Caution With Supplements During Chemotherapy
We are advocates of a healthy, evidence-based CAM regimen. However, when undergoing chemotherapy, it is not advisable to supplement unless expressly permitted by your doctor. Of all the supplements out there, the only one that appears to be safe, and essential for the rest of our lives, is Vitamin D. All other "vitamins" can be detrimental to the effectiveness of your chemotherapy killing Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-42242935134020096642015-06-24T08:37:00.001-05:002015-06-24T08:37:37.380-05:00The Mammography DebateOur Chief of Research, Constantine Kaniklidis, has just published two reports in "Current Oncology" presenting an evidence-based review of the mammography debate. We are so very fortunate to have Constantine as our partner, friend and guiding light.
Below we present two abstracts with links to the articles.
Both articles were just published in the Current Oncology journal, and available (Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-2426851356919470442015-06-06T10:20:00.000-05:002015-06-06T10:20:35.003-05:00Controlling Pain in Breast Cancer Surgery
The take-away:
Post operative pain in breast cancer surgery can be quite difficult for the patient particularly in the setting of sentinel node and axilla dissection. This scientific article shows ways to help control the pain.
It is most fortunate that acetaminophen is now available in an IV form because it can be given in the recovery room to enhance pain relief. Opioids are not always the Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-36826263832855962462015-06-02T08:16:00.000-05:002015-06-02T08:16:21.554-05:00Clinical Trial Provides Access to Targeted Drugs To Patients Who Have Exhausted Conventional Therapy
This is very exciting and long awaited news. I have seen too many people who have exhausted all their options, and who were physically eligible for a new, targeted treatment, only to be turned down because it has not been approved for metastatic use or they are excluded because of all their previous therapies.
When you have no more choices, access to potentially life extending drugs is your Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-74333547393575937452015-06-01T08:11:00.001-05:002015-06-01T08:11:37.536-05:00New Drug Offers New Hope for HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Promising clinical trial results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show activity of the investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against HER2+ breast cancer, in one case specifically against brain metastases and in another case in overall survival of heavily pretreated HER2+ breast cancer patients."I am thrilled to have been able to offer this Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-73557899493555422062015-05-13T08:04:00.000-05:002015-05-13T08:04:03.850-05:00Sandra Lee Smart Self Advocacy
Television chef, Sandra Lee, has discovered she has breast cancer. It is apparently quite aggressive because her doctors have informed her she is a "ticking time bomb" and she will be undergoing a bilateral mastectomy this week. Ms. Lee is in her forties. She insisted on getting screened for breast cancer which is smart. She does not have a family history, but that didn't stop her. Perhaps she Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-67090108319411771872015-02-09T13:47:00.000-05:002015-02-09T13:47:13.527-05:00Special Programming Note
WNYC and NPR present
“LIVING CANCER”
To Air Nationally on
NPR’s
Morning Edition and
All Things Considered
During the Weeks of
February 9 and March 23
Nationally, one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed
with the disease,
and almost every American family is touched by the disease in some way.
In the past, a cancer diagnosis was often kept a family Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-16305809292677908562015-01-10T17:55:00.000-05:002015-01-10T17:55:11.504-05:00HOPE
Thirteen and half years ago I was told I would not see beyond two years because I had the most aggressive form of breast cancer and after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, there was nothing I could do about protecting myself for the future.
I read up on what the latest research was. There was not much. Back then, it was called estrogen and progesterone negative breast cancer. Now it has a Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-75450722624887578812014-08-30T12:03:00.000-05:002014-08-30T16:01:41.399-05:00Disease for Sale
Attention Cause Marketers: Unique Opportunity Available.
Are you looking for a disease to use to generate sales?
Hit the ground running with a new social media campaign...
October is now available.
And if you act now, we will give you pink- for free!
October can now be yours. For all the marketing, media and promotional campaigns who are seeking a disease to sell products, October is nowGina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-73622651471772415662014-08-12T17:17:00.000-05:002014-08-12T17:17:41.902-05:00Act 3, Scene 1(Disclaimer. This blog and the NSBCF is dedicated to fighting for our lives. We have an illness: cancer. This post is about another illness, an illness as real as cancer: depression. If you or someone you love is battling this disease, please reach out to someone or contact the suicide prevention hotline at: 1(800) 273-8255)
HAMLET: To be, or not to be--that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-54008201537035998002014-08-07T07:27:00.002-05:002014-08-07T07:27:51.637-05:00New Gene Mutation Possible Link to Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Young Women
The No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation's Before Forty Initiative strongly advocates the importance of early screening for breast cancer in women before the age of forty and not waiting until after forty for baseline screenings. This is particularly true for women of African-American, Hispanic and Ashkenazi heritage, because when breast cancer develops in these populations, it is most often Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-68260997888149876632014-08-04T10:01:00.000-05:002014-08-04T10:01:43.937-05:00Link Between The Pill and Breast Cancer, Another Study
This has been a debate for a long time: Does taking oral contraceptives increase your risk of developing breast cancer? Without looking at the details of the study, let's review a few facts.
Everyone has cancer cells in their body. The question is, what makes them wake up and start to divide and spread? (Cancer was named for the zodiac sign Cancer- the Crab- because of how it crawls and spreadsGina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-16383289857493501702014-07-25T11:00:00.001-05:002014-07-25T11:00:41.653-05:00What a nightSunday, July 20th, 2014 had perfect weather. The bright white tent was filled with colorful table linens and fresh flowers from the gardens. Food tables were set up by the finest restaurants, caterers and bakeries in the area and we even had a big barbeque blazing on the far side.
The guests mingled, sipped drinks, ate, sat under the tent or on garden chairs set up on the sweeping lawn behind Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-21391726869937395482014-07-08T08:03:00.002-05:002014-07-08T08:03:59.467-05:00Generous Grant That Will Help Us All
As readers of this blog know, we are strong advocates of the work being done at the Cold Spring Harbor Lab. If ever there was a research institution that holds the key that will unlock the cure to cancer and other disorders, it is this group of dedicated scientists.
A wonderful, philanthropic couple have shown their support of the lab in a big way. This money will help move the innovative Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-58355699180689322332014-07-03T08:07:00.000-05:002014-07-03T08:07:49.180-05:00Follow the Money...
Sometimes it is hard to know which drug holds the most promise when reading about Phase 1 trials. They may sound effective on paper, but do they really work? One good indicator of a truly promising drug is if a large pharmaceutical company backs it with a great deal of money.
This is the story of a new drug that has the backing of Roche's Genentech one that will help women with estrogen Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-88886331975985780762014-06-23T11:31:00.000-05:002014-06-24T08:22:27.892-05:00A Celebration of Our Heroes- The Caregivers
They are our waiting-room-seat-warmers, chauffeurs, confidantes, chefs, doctor decipher-ers, bouncers, phone screeners, prescription pros, brave-face-holders, silly-joke-providers and unsung heroes, until now.
On Sunday, July 20th, the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation is honoring our heroes, the people who cared for us during our illnesses. It is not limited to breast cancer, either. We Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1796499832954379000.post-2363937744973219212014-06-15T09:22:00.000-05:002014-06-15T09:22:31.705-05:00Specific Research Aimed at Metastatic Disease
Metastatic breast cancer kills over 40,000 women a year. While there is vast research on detection, treatment and management of early disease, metastatic disease receives the least amount of funding. Since our founding in 2007, the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation has deeply respected the work being done at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. We still do.
Today, they announced a new Gina Maisanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833722151876093363noreply@blogger.com0