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🧬 Breast cancer recurrence: Could a new strategy change everything?
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Gilliank
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Last activity on 04/09/2025 at 17:39
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Thank you for your response.
unfortunately this does not apply to me.
secondary breast cancer to the bones specifically spine with arthritis
constant pain, and have now chosen to halt palliative care as impacts my quality of life. I sleep for 12 hours everyday. Meds make me nauseous hence now significantly underweight. No appetite, no life
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Somya.P
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Hi everyone,
Hope you're doing okay today. đź’™
I wanted to open a conversation about something that might offer a bit of hope to anyone who's ever asked themselves, “What if my cancer comes back?”
A new clinical trial from Penn Medicine just published in Nature Medicine has shown that it may be possible to detect dormant breast cancer cells, the kind that can lie hidden for years, and actually treat them before they reactivate and lead to recurrence.
📌 What’s groundbreaking is that researchers used existing, repurposed drugs (already approved for other conditions) and cleared these “sleeper” cells in 80% of participants. After three years, almost no one in the trial had relapsed.
For so long, many survivors have had to live with the stress of “wait and see.” But this new research suggests we might be able to intervene earlier, not just treat recurrence, but possibly prevent it.
💬 So let’s talk:
🔹 Does the possibility of recurrence weigh on your mind after treatment?
🔹 Would you consider joining a trial like this in the future?
🔹 What helps you live with the uncertainty that sometimes comes after cancer?
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No pressure to share anything you’re not comfortable with. But if this brought up thoughts or feelings for you, you're not alone, and this is a safe space to talk about them.
Take care,
Somya from the Carenity team 🌼