New York Times story on extreme long term survivors.
Outliers
Searching for Breast Cancer’s “Extreme Survivors”
I remember the day I met Margaret “Peg” Geisler, who has now been living with breast cancer for 40 years, and with metastatic disease for 36 of those years. She had long outlived her original …
Clinical Study of ‘Extreme’ Breast Cancer Survivors Begins
In an effort to identify factors leading to long-term survival of metastatic breast cancer, Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, associate professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, is launching an international study of patients who have survived …
Wisconsin Study Seeks ‘Extreme Survivors’ of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Some patients can live for years, and even decades, after breast cancer has spread to their bones and other tissues. A new international study is looking for patients with metastatic breast cancer in hopes of unlocking the …
UW Health nurse reaches out to breast cancer patients as she battles the disease herself
MADISON, Wis. – Susan G. Komen has poured $160 million into metastatic breast cancer research since its founding. The Stage IV cancer, right now, can’t be cured. But you’d never recognize some of the people living …
Long-term cancer survivor beats odds, prompts study
You’ve heard of the face that launched a thousand ships? Margaret “Peg” Geisler, 82, is the case that launched an international search for “extreme survivors” of metastatic breast cancer. “Each time I was diagnosed, I …
UW Carbone Cancer Center looking for extreme survivors of breast cancer
MADISON, Wis – A University of Wisconsin doctor was inspired by local patients to find the secret to long-term breast cancer survival. “I’ve been through every single drug that they have available to treat breast …
UW—Madison study trying to unlock secrets of breast cancer’s ‘exceptional survivors’
DE PERE – Tammy Mocarski remembers her surgeon leaning over her as she woke up in recovery after having what appeared to be a harmless, pea-sized tumor removed from the crease below her left breast. “He wanted to be the one to …
UW—Madison study hopes to learn from group of medically extraordinary women who have survived breast cancer
Ellen Henning, a retired farmer from near Prairie du Sac, has been living with breast cancer for nearly 40 years, even though it has spread to other parts of her body. The same is true …
Dr. Mark Burkard Awarded Avon Funds to Study Survivors with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Why are some patients able to live for many years after their breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body? Dr. Mark Burkard, a UW Carbone Cancer Center expert in metastatic breast cancer, will …