Rebecca Shatsky: It’s not pink and happy, it’s not easy

Rebecca Shatsky recently shared a post by Sarah Sammons on X/Twitter, adding:

“This is the reality of breast cancer. It’s not pink and happy, it’s not easy. It’s a ‘good cancer to have.’ It’s a horrible, deadly disease that affects millions of people worldwide. We need more research and better therapies.”

Quoting Sarah Sammons’ post:

“Very sobering statistics (Pan, NEJM 2017).

After surgery and 5 years of endocrine therapy (years 5-20), up to 40% of patients with still develop metastatic HR+, HER2- BC depending on tumor size, grade, genomic scores, and nodal status.

Adjuvant CDK4/6 impact on years 5-20 is unknown.”

Sources: Rebecca Shatsky/Twitter and Sarah Sammons/Twitter

Rebecca A. Shatsky is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a board-certified medical oncologist at the University of California, San Diego. She specializes in treating breast cancer and is part of UC San Diego Health’s Precision Immunotherapy Clinic. Dr. Shatsky is a member of the NCCN guideline panel for Genetic/High-Risk Assessment of Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic Cancer and the panel for the treatment of Cancer-Associated Pain. Dr. Shatsky is a well known social media influencer.