HonCode

Go Back   HER2 Support Group Forums > Events and Social Calendar
Register Gallery FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Events and Social Calendar Post events which will be of interest to our members no matter how large or small. You may also add them to our calendar as an additional reminder.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-23-2009, 09:39 AM   #1
Jackie07
Senior Member
 
Jackie07's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
Posts: 5,808
For Baltimorean and Chicagoan

Well, if you live in the Baltimore or Chicago area, have had a mammogram in the last 3 months and your results were normal, you may be able to help researchers answer that question by being part of the BEAM study.

If not, you can still help by forwarding this email to a friend. And don’t forget to keep your eye out for the next Army of Women Call to Action!
What’s the study about?

Today, doctors rely on a woman’s personal and family medical history to help them figure out if she is at higher than average risk of developing breast cancer.

But this method is far from perfect. Many women who develop breast cancer don’t have any of the known risk factors. And many women who have all of the known risk factors never get the disease.

Clearly, we need a better way to tell who is at risk. And that’s what the BEAM (Breast Estrogen and Methylation) study is all about: Finding a better way to predict a woman’s breast cancer risk. Three hundred women are needed for this study. What’s involved?

If you join the study you will be asked to meet with researchers one time at either Johns Hopkins or Northwestern for a study appointment that lasts approximately 2 hours. After you arrive, you will be asked to answer questions about your medical history, have your blood drawn, have fluid removed from your nipple by massaging or suctioning your breast, and have cells removed from your breast using a needle. Who is conducting the study?

Seema Khan,MD, at Northwestern University and
Vered Stearns,MD, at Johns Hopkins University. Where?

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Who can participate?

You can sign up for the BEAM study if you match ALL of these main categories:

•You are woman between the ages of 35 – 60

•You are able to go to either the Northwestern University in Chicago, or Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for the study appointment

•You had a normal mammogram (negative or benign findings) within the past 3 months

•You have not used birth control or hormone replacement therapy within the past 3 months

•You have never been diagnosed with breast cancer

•You do not have breast implants

•You have not had an invasive cancer in the past 5 years

•You have not been pregnant or lactating within the past two years

The researcher may ask you additional questions to be sure that this study is a right fit for you.
__________________
Jackie07
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2

NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement (600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa

Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe
Jackie07 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:04 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright HER2 Support Group 2007 - 2021
free webpage hit counter