Triple Step per una cura (10/18)

Passo triplo per la missione di una cura è quello di combattere il cancro al seno triplo negativo per:

Educating the public about triple negative breast cancer and supporting efforts to discover the cause of the disease, opzioni di trattamento vitali, e una cura;

Encouraging women diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer as they battle the disease by providing emotional and financial support; e

Empowering women at risk for the disease in underserved communities to be proactive and make informed decisions to ensure optimal health and wellness.

Triple Step for the Cure
6245 Bristol Parkway #117
Culver City, CA 90230
www.triplestepforthecure

LORI FLOWERS

Co-Founder/CEO Triple Step for a Cure

After recently losing her sister and only sibling to triple negative breast cancer, Lori vowed to use this deeply personal experience as well as her professional background and work with social justice programs to raise awareness and support women who are bravely battling this disease.

Come un avvocato con esperienza civile e penale, Lori has worked in both the public and private sectors. Dopo la laurea da Howard University School of Law, Lori ha lavorato come associato presso lo studio legale di Quarles & Brady LLP dove ha rappresentato e consigliato clienti in materia di transazione societaria e di governance. Uno di questi clienti era una fondazione di ricerca sul cancro al seno e di lavorare con loro, Lori prima ha sviluppato un forte interesse per la consapevolezza del cancro al seno.

Lori ha lavorato anche come difensore d'ufficio a San Francisco dove ha rappresentato sia giovanile e clienti adulti e ha contribuito a stabilire MAGIC. (Mobilitazione per Adolescent crescita nelle nostre comunità), una comunità collaborativa progettato per soddisfare le esigenze dei giovani e delle loro famiglie che vivono in comunità svantaggiate. Lori attualmente vive e lavora nel sud della California.

Dennis Holmes, MD

University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast surgeon and clinical researcher

Dennis R. Holmes, M.D. is a Board Certified dedicated breast surgeon and clinical researcher at the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center where he also serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Vice-Chair of the Breast Oncology Clinical Research Committee. In addition to maintaining a private practice at USC Norris Cancer Center, Dr. Holmes also serves as Chief of the Breast Section at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center where he supervises the surgical management of all breast cancer patients.

Dr. Holmes is actively engaged in breast cancer research focused on reducing the morbidity and burden of breast cancer surgery and radiotherapy and serves as principal investigator more than 10 clinical trial evaluating minimally invasive breast surgery, axillary reverse mapping, sentinel node biopsy in the setting of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, cryoablation, intraoperative radiotherapy, and lymphedema assessment and management. As a result of these clinical trial activities, Dr. Holmes is the most active enroller of minority and non-minority patients to breast cancer clinical trials at USC. Dr. Holmes also has a special interest in triple receptor negative breast cancers and is principal investigator of 2 clinical trials evaluating methods to convert triple receptor negative breast cancers to in hormone sensitive breast cancers. Women with triple negative breast cancers who have yet to undergo surgery are potentially eligible for participation in this study.

Dr. Dennis Holmes’ sito web