Tag Archive: HER2 breast cancer

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Death of Bernie Nolan

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I am so desperately sad to hear of the death this morning of actress and singer, Bernie Nolan. She was only 52 and leaves behind her loving husband and beloved daughter Erin, 14.… Continue reading →

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Bernie Nolan reveals that her cancer has come back

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Two years ago, I wrote about actress and singer, Bernie Nolan’s diagnosis of  HER2+ breast cancer HER2+ breast cancer affects approximately 20 to 30 per cent of breast cancer patients. In a woman with… Continue reading →

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Nolan sister starts treatment for breast cancer

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Bernie Nolan Growing up in the seventies and eighties, we danced and sang along to the Nolan Sisters “I’m In the Mood for Dancing”. I remember Bernie as the lead singer was my favourite… Continue reading →

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Herceptin and HER2+ breast cancer

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Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is… Continue reading →

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New social network for women touched by HER2+ breast cancer

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Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion. Barry Lopez As regular readers know, I don’t need any convincing when it comes to the… Continue reading →

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Actress Rebekah Gibbs on her breast cancer battle

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I have been reading an interview with the former Casualty actress Rebekah Gibbs, who was diagnosed with breast cancer just nine weeks after her baby’s birth. Ironically her character Nina in Casualty had to… Continue reading →