Breast Cancer Under 40: Justine Beckham's Story скачать в хорошем качестве

Breast Cancer Under 40: Justine Beckham's Story

#breastcancerjourney #breastcancerawareness #uvahealth Justine had always considered herself a healthy person. At age 35, a lump was discovered during a routine checkup. Justine was told that she had early stage breast cancer. This is her journey. Learn more at: https://uvahealth.com/services/breast... Transcript JUSTINE BECKHAM My name is Justine Beckham. I'm a realtor in Charlottesville, Virginia, and I'm a breast cancer survivor. I am from Europe. Lithuania. I came over to the States in 2012. I always considered myself healthy. I had a routine checkup with my ObGyn at UVA. She and her resident found the lump in my breast. They called me the day after the biopsy and told me I had cancer. I was blindsided. I was 35. I thought it had to be a mistake. CHRISTIANA BRENIN, MD Justine had early stage breast cancer. It was an aggressive, rapidly growing, proliferating cancer. So it was a very good thing that it was picked up when it was picked up. JUSTINE BECKHAM Based on my diagnosis and the mass, I had a choice to make, whether I wanted to just remove the lump, what's called a lumpectomy, or remove the entire breast, or remove both of my breasts. I decided to proceed with a lumpectomy. CHRISTIANA BRENIN, MD For Justine, we actually were able to personalize her care, and we got a test called Oncotype Testing, which was a test that told us what is the risk of her cancer coming back in the next 9 to 10 years, how much benefit chemotherapy might give her, and it was very personalized to her individual cancer. And based on that data and those statistics, we were able to together pretty much come to the decision that chemotherapy is the right approach for her. JUSTINE BECKHAM Doctor Christiana Brenin was amazing. Every step of the way I was explained what is happening, why it's happening. I was always given choices. I was very involved in my treatment. It was really, really hard. I, I just, I thought, I'm not going to make it through, but I was in excellent care. Great doctors, great nurses. And I pulled through. I finished my treatment by end of June, and we signed up for a 5K race for Thanksgiving, and we ran together and I was really slow, but we finished the whole thing, and Jordan was by my side the whole time. TAMARA FISHER, RN, BSN, CBCN Justine is a very strong, very humble, very determined and persistent young woman, and now she's standing for many others and persistent young woman, and now she's standing for many others that will come after her and that are even in this journey right now that will gain strength from where she was and where she is now.