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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patient Stories

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  • Valerie Fraser

    Valerie Fraser

    Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Intraductal Carcinoma

    On New Year's Day 2007, Valerie Fraser was looking forward to a great year. She had returned from a heartwarming trip to her parents' homeland in the British countryside. The trip was prompted by the recent death of her own mother to breast cancer, for whom Valerie was the caregiver. She went to meet many family members for the first time and visit the land in which her parents were raised.

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  • Kathy Patton

    Kathy Patton

    Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), Stage 0 Breast Cancer; Metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer

    Several years after undergoing treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), Stage 0 breast cancer, Kathy was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). She and her husband decided to travel to Houston, Texas to see Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli, one of the nation's leading experts in this field. In 2010, Dr. Cristofanilli joined some of the country's top breast specialists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Kathy was elated to learn that Dr. Cristofanilli was coming to Philadelphia. This is her story.

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  • Norma Snyder

    Norma Snyder

    In 1991, Dr. Mary Daly, a medical oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, created the Family Risk Assessment Program, to research the genetic risk of certain types of cancer. In order to get the program off the ground, she needed to recruit participants in the program.

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  • Peggy Stephens

    Peggy Stephens

    Inflammatory Breast Cancer

    One March morning in 2007, Peggy Stephens was getting ready for work when she noticed something strange. In the shower, she felt a peculiar tingling sensation in her breast, similar to when she was breastfeeding - but her youngest child was almost 4 years old.

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  • Margaret Zuccotti

    Margaret Zuccotti

    Inflammatory Breast Cancer

    Each year on Mother's Day, thousands of Philadelphians participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. In 2008, the first survivor to cross the finish line was Margaret Zuccotti, age 39. She was also the first in her family to have stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer.

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