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Metastatic breast cancer Coverage

2024 marks six years since Levene first learned she had metastatic breast cancer. She said each year has been a gift, and she's thankful for every moment she has with her husband and children.

WE'LL HAVE THOSE STORIES AND MORE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR LEADING TO CHRIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JERROLD. >> WELL, ACTRESS SHANNEN DOHERTY KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN THE HIT TV SHOW, BEVERLY HILLS 9, 0, 2, 1, 0, CALLED ATTENTION TO HER CANCER JOURNEY. SHE FOCUSED ON HOW RECEIVING INFUSION THERAPY IMPROVED HER PROGNOSIS AND LOCAL PATIENTS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR >> THE ACTOR SAYS STORY IS HIGHLIGHTING THE HARSH REALITY OF LIVING WITH THE DISEASE. BUT ALSO GIVING HOPED WRAL HEALTH REPORTER GRACE HABER HAS THE STORY >> I TRIED TO LIKE TURN AT TOP, BUT MY HANDS, HE DIDN'T JUST HOLDING A COFFEE POT. SIMPLE CALF. DURHAM RESIDENT ELIZABETH LEVY NO LONGER TAKES FOR CAN EVEN PATCH JAIME IS SECOND EVENT. >> BUT I CAN'T DO THIS FOR CANCER JOURNEY BEGAN IN 2016. I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL A LOT FROM DEHYDRATION AFTER MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CHEMO, RADIATION AND SURGERY TO REMOVE LUMPS FROM BOTH. I THOUGHT I WAS FREE LEVINE'S CANCER SPREAD TO HER BRAIN. THAT WAS WHEN I FELT POSSIBILITIES. WORK ON. SHE UNDERWENT TARGETED RADIATION THERAPY WHICH HELPS CLEAR THE CANCER FROM HER BRAIN. BUT THE EFFECTS LED HER TO HAVE 3 BRAIN SURGERIES. SHE ULTIMATELY HAVE TO LEAVE HER JOB AND THAT CONTINUES TO LIVE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES. SQUEEZE THE SPECIES IS A CULT THERE HE IS NOW PART OF HER REGULAR ROUTINE. >> TO HELP HER REGAIN CONTROL OF HER ONCE DOMINANT RIGHT ARM. SHE HAS LARGELY BEEN ON A MEDICATION CALLED AN ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATE HER DOCTOR, KARI ANDERSON EXPLAINED LEVINE IS ALSO PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBODY INFUSION THERAPY JUST LIKE ANTIBODIES THAT WE MAKE AGAINST THE VIRUS OR OTHER FOREIGN ENTITIES IN THE BODY. IT ACTUALLY TARGETS HER 2 ON THE CANCER CELL AND THEN IT DELIVERS CHEMOTHERAPY DIRECTLY TO THE CANCER CELL. JUST RECENTLY I DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND I DURING YOU TO GET LEVINE ARE HERE. HASN'T BEEN EASY. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU MISS THE YES, I'M S I'M TAKING NOTES. >> IN THE FUTURE STILL ISN'T KNOWN. I WOULD USE TO NOTE TAKER OUT HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, BUT FOR EVERYTHING. BUT LEVINE SAYS THE PAST 6 YEARS FROM 2023 HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT A GIFT AS A MOTHER OF 2. LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO CHERISH EVERY LITTLE MOMENT. STILL AHEAD AND THINK I SEE THEM LEAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW SO HERE ARE MY SENSE IS GOING >> HIGH SCHOOL GRACE HAVE A WRAL NEWS 5, THE ONE THAT CAN COME WITH HOPE.

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One in eight American women has chance of developing breast cancer. About 30% of breast cancers eventually metastasize - the spread to elsewhere in the body.

Advances in treatments add years of life for those with metastatic breast cancer

A Zebulon woman who lost her fight with the deadliest form of breast cancer may now help others survive the disease. Her legacy was pushing for more funding to advance metastatic breast cancer research.

TO PLEAD GUILTY. SIDNEY POWELL TOOK A PLEA DEAL YESTERDAY AS EVERYTHING WOMAN WHO DIED FROM THE DEADLIEST FORM OF CANCER MAY NOW HELP OTHERS SURVIVE THE DISEASE. HER LEGACY WAS PUSHING FOR MORE FUNDING TO ADVANCED METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH AND WRAL'S DEBRA MORGAN SHOWS US HOW SHE INSPIRED A FIRST OF ITS KIND COLLABORATION BETWEEN DUKE AND UNC. RESEARCHERS >> I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 2 CANCER IN AUGUST OF 2013. THIS WAS RHONDA HOWELL, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, ADAM AND SON, MOVED IN 2016. SHE'D HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND RIGOROUS TREATMENTS TO KILL THE CANCER BEFORE IT SPREAD. HOWEVER, ONE YEAR LATER. SO THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CANCER WAS BACK AND IT WAS AND MY PELVIS AND IN MY SPINE, SHE WAS DEVASTATED AS WE ALL WERE. ONCE THE CANCER HAS SPREAD OUTSIDE OF THE, THE SURVIVAL RATE IS ONLY 29%. HOWELL SAYS THAT'S PARTLY DUE TO A LOWER LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR STAGE 3 CANCER RESEARCH COMPARED TO MORE TREATABLE FORMS. THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY STARTED TO REALIZE THE IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD MAKE TO KIND OF BRING AWARENESS TO. >> METASTATIC CANCER, NOT JUST CANCER IN GENERAL. >> TRIANGLE COMMENTS, PAM COLE JOINED THE HOWELLS TO CREATE THE METASTATIC CANCER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INITIATIVE. IT INVOLVED A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE AND UNC LINEBERGER SAYS CUMMINS, STUART BEE SON. YOU KNOW, A RESEARCHER FROM ONE INSTITUTION TO PARTNERING WITH ONE FROM ANOTHER AND >> YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY HADN'T BEEN DONE. RHONDA HOWELL'S, PERSONAL STORY HELPED INSPIRE THE EFFORT LED BY DUKE'S DOCTOR ZACHARY HARTMAN AND UN SEES DOCTOR BENJAMIN VINCENT. >> WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS START A FIRE IN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TO REALLY WIPE OUT AND ERADICATE METASTATIC CANCER CAN PREVENT REALLY RECURRENCE. >> SO THAT IF A PATIENT IS COMING TO BE TREATED, WE DON'T JUST GIVE NO GENERIC VACCINE THAT WE GIVE THEM ONE THAT'S PERSONALIZED TO THEIR CANCER. >> RHONDA HOWELL PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY. 26TH 2022, BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT FOR OTHERS. DIAGNOSED WITH METASTATIC YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE TRIANGLE. >> YOU KNOW, ANY GRANTS THAT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO COME OUT IN THE FUTURE. HER LEGACY IS PRINTED ON THOSE A LEGACY OF LOVE. YOU KNOW, RONDO KNEW FROM A VERY >> EARLY ON POINT IN HER. HER JOURNEY WITH METASTATIC CANCER THAT RESEARCH IS THE ONLY OPTION THAT WE COULDN'T POTENTIALLY SAVE HER AND MANY OTHERS LIVES. >> DEBRA MORGAN, WRAL, NEWS. I WANT TO HOWELL WAS ALSO A PATIENT AMBASSADOR FOR PFIZER IN 2016. >> SHE ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, ADAM CO-CHAIR, CHARITY GALAS THAT RAISE A TOTAL OF $375,000

Metastatic breast cancer Coverage

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