Courtney's mama

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Gender	Female
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