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After her diagnosis of hormone-negative breast cancer, health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any reporter would do start investigating the disease, how it occurs, how its treated, and how to keep it from recurring. While she learned that important research on triple-negative breast cancer TNBC was emerging, she found a noticeable lack of resources on the disease, which differs from hormone-positive breast cancer in important ways, including prognosis and treatment options. Triple-negative breast cancer disproportionately affects younger women and African-American women-and some forms of it can be more dangerous than other types of breast cancer. But there are many reasons to be hopeful, as Prijatel shows in this book. Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer delivers research-based information on the biology of TNBC the role of genetics, family history, and race how to navigate treatment options understanding a pathology report and a plethora of strategies to reduce the risk of recurrence, including diet and lifestyle changes.
About the Author
Pat has helped educate, motivate, support, and challenge people for the better part of three decades. Pat is a problem-solver and an optimist. Her philosophy is that we can tackle just about anything, as long as we have the right tools, which include education and hope, which she provides in ample supply.
Pat is the author of Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, creator of the Positives About Negative blog, a nationally published writer, an award-winning teacher, and an engaging speaker. She is a recognized authority on the magazine industry, as co-author of The Magazine from Cover to Cover and a well-respected writing coach.
Through it all, what Pat does best is help people make sense of things, to encourage them on whatever journey they embark on, and to be a friend. Her last name, by the way, is the Slovenian word for friend.
