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| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Kentucky, United States |
| Introduction | My daughter, Courtney, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma skin cancer stage IIC on May 12, 2011. Her tumor was 7 mm deep, ulcerated, invasive, and a high mitotic rate... The prognosis or 5 year survival rate is 47%, but Courtney will not be a statistic as each person is different. We are very lucky that Courtney is being treated at St. Jude with the very best doctors and medicine. She has been treated with 4 weeks of high dose Interferon alfa-2b, and is currently doing 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa-2b as a once weekly shot in her leg. Peginterferon is a research drug which is shown to keep the melanoma from spreading or recurring for an average of 34.8 months. This is important to us because after 3 years of RFS, Courtney's chance of the melanoma coming back or spreading diminishes with each year past the 3rd year... This is Courtney's story as she fights this horrible cancer! |
| Favorite music | Backstreet Boys |
| Favorite books | Nicholas Sparks |