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\"Tasmin<\/a>GETTYSBURG, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n

A York County mother is turning a terminal cancer diagnosis into a mission to help others.<\/p>\n

Trisha Lane was first introduced in WGAL\u2019s \u201cPower of One\u201d series one year ago, when she shared her fight with stage four metastatic breast cancer. Lane, a mother of three, learned she had cancer in 2020. One week later, she was told it had already spread.<\/p>\n

Since then, Lane has continued treatment while sharing updates on social media and advocating for more research into metastatic breast cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven just recently, you know, I shared with my online presence that I was no evidence of disease,\u201d Lane said. \u201cAnd I know that that was very confusing for people because many thought that I was cured, no longer in treatment\u2014you know, no longer living with cancer. And that\u2019s just not the reality of somebody that\u2019s living with metastatic breast cancer or stage four breast cancer. We will always be in continuous treatments. We will always be fighting this battle, and things can change very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

A changing scan, but treatment continues<\/p>\n

Lane said earlier this year her scans showed no evidence of disease, but more recently there has been a small progression. She said treatment has helped keep it under control.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have had a small progression on the treatment, but we\u2019ve bumped up the dosage, and it seems like it\u2019s kind of holding things in place,\u201d Lane said. \u201cI go in every three months for a CT scan, and we just make sure that the spots aren\u2019t getting any larger. And right now, it\u2019s not. So I\u2019ve been focusing on just living life in between those scans and those appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane said the disease and treatment take a constant toll, even when she appears healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s killing not just the cancer cells, but my healthy cells as well,\u201d Lane said. \u201cFor a lot of people, they think that I\u2019m very healthy because I have hair, I\u2019m not frail. I look, for all intents and purposes, like a young 37-year-old woman. I look like I\u2019m out doing the things that I love and I\u2019m active, but it affects my body in a way that is much more silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hope, legacy and advocacy<\/p>\n

Lane said her legacy is her activism and her three children. She was first told she would have only one to two years to live, but she is approaching six years since her diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe projected prognosis is that I\u2019m going to live a lot longer and that we are going to just take it day by day,\u201d Lane said.<\/p>\n

Breast Fest fundraiser this weekend<\/p>\n

She is also preparing for a charity event this weekend to raise money and awareness for metastatic breast cancer research.<\/p>\n

The annual golf outing and fundraiser, called Breast Fest, is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10, at The Links at Gettysburg on Mason Dixon Road. The event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will include morning and afternoon shotgun scrambles, coffee and doughnuts, lunch, a silent auction, raffle baskets and an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

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The event supports metastatic breast cancer research and families affected by terminal cancer through Cancer Culture, a nonprofit founded by Lane.<\/p>\n

More than 175 golfers are signed up this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think cancer is something that, even though I personally don\u2019t have it, it touches everybody,\u201d said Carrie Mosley, a volunteer for the event who’s known Lane since elementary school. \u201cIt\u2019s touched my life through loved ones\u2014obviously through friends like Trisha\u2014and I just think it\u2019s an important cause for people to get involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane said she hopes people leave inspired to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery little thing helps with something like this. I hope that people leave feeling empowered to help,” she said. “I hope that the cancer community that is here feels empowered, knowing that we do have volunteers and we do have loved ones that care about them and want to show up for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why metastatic breast cancer research matters <\/p>\n

Metastatic breast cancer occurs when cancer cells break away from where they first formed in the breast and travel through the blood or lymphatic system to another part of the body. It most commonly spreads to the bones, lungs, liver or brain.<\/p>\n

Even after reaching another organ, it is still breast cancer. For example, breast cancer found in the lungs is treated as metastatic breast cancer\u2014not lung cancer. Likewise, breast cancer that spreads to the bones is not bone cancer.<\/p>\n

Although treatments can slow or stabilize metastatic breast cancer, the disease remains difficult to treat.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately for metastatic patients, those cancer cells remain,\u201d Lane explained. \u201cOnce they become resistant to that medication, they will start to circulate again, and they will start depositing cancer in other areas. That\u2019s why this is such a devastating diagnosis\u2014because it isn\u2019t curable. It does mean that it is a terminal diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Cancer Institute says metastatic breast cancer may stop responding to a medication over time, requiring a patient to move to another treatment. Some drugs may also have difficulty reaching cancer in certain parts of the body, including the brain.<\/p>\n

The survival gap illustrates the challenges patients like Trisha face. According to the National Cancer Institute, the five-year relative survival rate is 99.3% when breast cancer is found only in the breast. When it is diagnosed after spreading to a distant part of the body, that rate drops to 31%.<\/p>\n

These statistics are based on large groups of patients and cannot predict an individual person\u2019s outcome. They also may not fully reflect the impact of newer treatments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMetastatic breast cancer is the only form of breast cancer that is terminal,\u201d Lane said. \u201cIt\u2019s the only form of breast cancer that is going to kill somebody. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that we\u2019re funding better treatments and curative-intent research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trisha said she would consider being able to manage metastatic breast cancer as a chronic disease a victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that anybody would take living with this as a chronic disease as a win,\u201d she said. \u201cEven if we couldn\u2019t find a cure, just knowing that I am going to be here for my children\u2014to get them raised\u2014and I don\u2019t have to question that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent progress shows why research\u2014and funding for that research\u2014matters. The goal is not only to help people live longer with metastatic breast cancer, but also to prevent breast cancer from spreading in the first place and ultimately find lasting treatments for every patient, from every walk of life.<\/p>\n

Trisha said meaningful change requires an entire community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the power of me,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m one of many, but it takes each person to come together. So, it\u2019s the power of them. It\u2019s the power of you individually and how you can render aid to your community and to the people who need it the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: National Cancer Institute. Survival rates cited are for women diagnosed from 2013 through 2019.<\/p>\n

Power Of One<\/p>\n

You can watch Tasmin Mahfuz’s previous Emmy-nominated Power of One stories on Trisha’s journey in four parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GETTYSBURG, Pa. \u2014 A York County mother is turning a terminal cancer diagnosis into a mission to help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[7966,369225,687,8869,3149,3727,369222,97,8325,369218,369223,3590,5568,369219,67891,369221,16153,26587,369220,43832,2394,99470,369224],"class_list":["post-877860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breast-fest-fundraiser","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-research","tag-disease","tag-event","tag-golf-charity-event","tag-health","tag-lane","tag-metastatic-cancer","tag-more-research","tag-people","tag-power","tag-power-of-one","tag-scan","tag-terminal-breast-cancer","tag-thing","tag-treatment","tag-trisha-lane","tag-weekend","tag-year","tag-york-county","tag-york-county-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}