Lung Cancer Profiles features inspiring, true stories of patients like you sharing their experiences about the impact molecular profiling has had on the course of their care.
Kathryn Joosten is a successful actress who was diagnosed with NSCLC ten years ago. She's been an advocate for her own health, as well as for others with cancer, ever since. A recent molecular profile revealed that her tumor was positive for the KRAS biomarker. This helped her doctors find a clinical trial for her type of lung cancer.
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Prior to being diagnosed with NSCLC, Meryl Bralower was a therapist, management consultant, mother, and wife with an active, successful career who led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy, and today she's cancer-free. But understanding that her cancer could come back, she followed her oncologist's recommendation and got her tumor tested.
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Bonnie Addario was a businesswoman and president of a local petroleum distributor when she learned about her lung cancer 6 years ago. And although she was diagnosed in the pre-molecular testing era, Bonnie is in the process of getting her molecular profile. She encourages others to do the same.
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When she was diagnosed with NSCLC 2 years ago, Zheng Cao was a performer with the San Francisco Opera. After developing resistance to her treatments, her oncologist decided she should get tested for her molecular profile. She tested positive for the EGFR biomarker and started a new treatment plan.
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