"We are obliged very often to use chemotherapy for these patients" (2:18)
Being triple negative—especially common among young women and African-American women—narrows your treatment options.
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Triple Negative
Means fewer treatment options
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Are you triple negative?
Women who test "triple negative" are among the more difficult breast cancer patients to treat because they can't use hormone therapy or Herceptin, says breast cancer surgeon Amber Guth of NYU Medical Center. That only leaves chemotherapy and means their breast cancer is more aggressive than most.
My Mother Had It TooBut I got breast cancer 20 years early
A Diagnosis I Could BearBut I got rid of it as soon as possible
Breast Cancer Plain TalkPamilla asked for a simpler explanation
Triple NegativeMeans fewer treatment options
