Today I spoke with the sweetest thing... her name was Danielle.
She is a Patient Central Associate for the
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. She is smart, and compassionate and so encouraging. She gave me hope.
Hope for the future. Especially for the Pancreatic Cancer fighters. Each one. The families that are aching for some good news. The patients who are struggling with a hopeless diagnosis and a nightmare of limited treatments.
Danielle told me about an exciting program that the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is now offering called
Know Your Tumor.
This service goes to the heart of what makes your pancreatic cancer tumor tick.
As Danielle explained, each tumor displays a personal signature of sorts, a biology that makes it unique. With the Know Your Tumor protocol, the tumor is biopsied and profiled. Then their oncology team can make educated suggestions for treatment based on your tumor's profile... more precise, more personal, more positive.
Know Your Tumor is precision medicine and it is hope.
I can't encourage you enough to give the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network a call...
That call... it doesn't cost you a thing... and it just might give you the encouragement to take the next step in your journey, turning the fear and confusion into a fight with purpose and strength.
Hope does that!
The Know Your Tumor service isn't a perfect match for everyone, but the thing is, the Patient Central Associates will take time to visit with you, find out where you are on your cancer journey and give you a range of options, which may include the tumor profiling or one of many other clinical trials.
He was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer in 2014. Participating in the Know Your Tumor program gave his medical team the information they needed to make crucial treatment decisions.
Read his story over at the PanCan website and be encouraged!
Donna Robinson also has an incredible story... Her message for every pancreatic cancer fighter is "after diagnosis, be bold and be your own advocate."
Thanks in part to the Know Your Tumor profiling, doctors were able to recommend treatments that shrunk Donna's tumor by 70%.
Her story is one of great Hope for every one of us in the trenches with this horrendous disease.
Know Your Tumor. Another weapon in the war against Pancreatic Cancer.
It is Hope. And in this fight, we need all the Hope we can grab hold of...
No one should face pancreatic cancer alone.
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network gets that. And is ready for your call, no matter how desperate, no matter how despairing... what are you waiting for? Give them a call!
If you talk to Danielle, tell her I said Hi!
There is Hope... I can feel it rising up today!
My Love, Always,
Jane
