Living Proof

DR. Slamon,
I would like to personally thank you for a treatment for what I was diagnosed for in Feb. 2008. I had surgery Mastectomy/ Chemo/ radiation. Plus your drug Herceptin for 1 year- every 3weeks at LAC USC county. I have one more infusion left.
I am also ER positive on Tomoxifin for 5 years as well as a Study using Bisphosnates for 3 years. I am cancer free after surgery, yet was told if I did not have adjuvent therapy , I would have a 75% chance cancer could come back within 5 or 10 years.
Because of your drug Herceptin, they now say I have a 25% chance it could come back.
1.5 years cancer free and wanting to do more to inhibit cancer growth if possible! Dr. Yibin Kang in the molecular biology dept Princeton on New Jersy recently found the breast cancer metastasis gene..now working on rats like you!
I need to get tested for this Breast cancer mets gene ASAP.
I test negative for the cancer gene. But the grey area is very big still, even with all that has been discovered, it is still not enough.
having 5 or 10 more years cancer free is not enough. I am now 45. My mother died of Breast cancer mets in 1988 after being in remission for 5 years!If I only have hope for 5 years or so, then really not much has been done about breast cancer the way people think.
Please help! Your Hercpetin may just bite some more time. But we need the antidote!Now. Help please.

I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2008. I had a single mastectomy and also had 12 lymph nodes removed, 2 of which were malignant. I am her2+ and am almost finished with my 10th month of herceptin. I had never heard of this before and am amazed that so many survivors have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes up. I saw Living Proof after being diagnosed and while going through chemo, radiation, and herceptin treatment. I am so humbled and grateful when I think of the difficulties encountered by Dr. Slamon and these brave women who paved the way for those of us who receive this diagnosis. I am so blessed and can never adequately express my gratitude to the thousands of people who are so dedicated to the ongoing research for a cure for breast cancer.

Netflix has the movie!!!

First let me say that I am defintiely "Living Proof", however, I did not know that this movie existed or I wouldn't have missed it for the world. In April of 2006, at the age of 38, I was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast Cancer...I had mets to my liver in 3 spots, one major tumor at the porta-hepatis which definitely could NOT be resected. With the help of my fantastic oncologist and the use of Herceptin every week plus chemo every 3 weeks then hormones, the cancer in my liver went away. By November, my liver was clean and the tumor in my breast had gone from the size of my fist to the size of my finger tip so I had a bilateral mastectomy and only had 2 of 15 lymph nodes involved. I continue to get Herceptin (at a higher dose) every 3 weeks now which you all know has really no side effects except the need for MUGA scans to watch your cardiac output and I am happy to say that I have been cancer free now for 2 years and 6 months. I will continue on Herceptin for years and years my oncologist says as a prophylactic treatment......Thank you Dr.Slamon and God Bless You!

Would like to know how to obtain a copy of "Living Proof". When will it be shown again.....? Having had BC and currently on Herceptin, I know many women who have not seen the movie and I would love to obtain a copy so we can have a showing. Thanks.

I'll like to thanks too Dr.Slamon due to his efforts,trust and perseverance on researching for this drug. My sister was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma in september 2008, actually she is receiving chemotherapy and eventually will receive Herceptin. We got to see the movie when Lifetime started showing it I think it was in November, she asked me a lot of questions while watching the movie. I'm an Oncology Certified nurse for over20 years and I felt so proud of you and this achievement. One of the message that the movie gives is the importance of the clinical trials to save lives. I hope more and more people watch the movie and learn more about research and clinical trials. I had the opportunity of discussing the movie in an Oncology research morning meeting in the institution that I work for with the multidisciplinary team. Felt so proud and very identify with this work. I'm planning to buy some copies of the movie to show it to the patients,relatives and visitors.
Keep the good work! Blessings to all

I just watched this movie after recording it on my DVR. I not only cried during half the movie but for a good 20 minutes following the end of the movie. I have never been so inspired by a movie. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and I have helped with numerous local Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walks, and I really think that Lifetime should sell this on DVD and donate the proceeds to Breast Cancer research. After watching this movie, I wanted to find copies to buy and send to all of my family and friends so that they could be just as inspired by this story as I am.