三阴性的乳腺癌幸存者参与研究，以归还188bet体育网址

Michelene Holmes was diagnosed with stage IIIA三阴性乳腺癌in January 2014 at 45 years old after she noticed a tightening in her left breast.

“当我听到那是癌症的消息时，我感到非常难过和尴尬，” MD Anderson的传染病计划经理Holmes说。

得益于她的家人和朋友以及她的MD Anderson同事和护理团队的支持，她意识到没有必要感到尴尬。

“At first I thought this was a punishment, but then I decided to focus on how we all have our own journey in life and that I had the opportunity to use my cancer journey to make a positive impact,” Holmes says.

现在，福尔摩斯（Holmes）参加了研究，参与研究，以帮助其他人面对同样的诊断，并回馈她挽188bet体育网址救生命的机构。她参加了13乳腺癌研究188bet体育网址in and outside of MD Anderson.

“I want to give back because I feel that so many people at MD Anderson gave so much of themselves to help me while I was in treatment,” Holmes says. “I want to be an example to other women and especially those in my Black/African American community that when we participate in research, we can help other women and hopefully eradicate breast cancer altogether.”

Overcoming a fear of the unknown after BRCA2 mutation found

最初诊断后，她被诊断出患有BRCA2的遗传突变 - 使她有更大的乳房和乳房的机会卵巢她一生的癌症。这个消息加上为她拥有港口的需求chemotherapy治疗使她感到恐惧，她打算不接受治疗。她的团队成员和十几岁的女儿在处理诊断并管理对治疗和未来的焦虑时为她提供了支持。

她说：“对未知数的恐惧会像其他人一样抓住你。”

她于2014年2月开始了16轮化学疗法的第一轮，随后在7月的同年进行了双侧乳房切除术，然后手术后两个月开始了30天的放射线。

她归功于自己的护理团队获得治疗的能力。特别是她的乳房医学肿瘤学家丹尼尔·布斯（Daniel Booser），医学博士，以及她在计划经理职位的教职员工 -维克多·穆拉诺维奇（Victor Mulanovich），医学博士., chairad interim用于传染病。

她说：“他们都让我哭泣，处理我的情绪并平静了我的可怕问题。”

治疗后的生活一直是一种持续的调整。

“So much has changed – my body and my outlook on life,” Holmes says. “But it also has helped me to seize each day and make the most of it. I know now that your entire life can change in a matter of hours.”

The importance of connections

Over the course of her 16 years at MD Anderson, Holmes has made countless connections across the institution and beyond. Aside from supporting faculty and physician assistants in Infectious Diseases, Holmes provides one-on-one support to cancer patients and caregivers through ourmycancerconnectioncancer support community.

Since completing treatment, she’s been an active myCancerConnection volunteer for six years.

她说：“我已经与世界各地的女性进行了交谈。”“在经历了如此个人和情感上的挑战之后，我很高兴能成为他人的安慰之源。我在这里为任何被癌症感动的人 - 无论诊断如何。”

She also co-chairs MD Anderson’s Cancer in the Workplace Employee Network.

“When I share my experience with people who are newly diagnosed, survivors or caregivers, I couldn’t ask for a more meaningful connection,” Holmes says.

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