{"id":28907,"date":"2023-05-14T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/?post_type=cri_stories&#038;p=28907"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:52:38","slug":"maribel-ramos","status":"publish","type":"cri_stories","link":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/es\/stories\/\/maribel-ramos","title":{"rendered":"Maribel Ramos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maribel&#8217;s Story<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2015, Maribel Ramos received her fourth cancer diagnosis: stage 4 triple-negative breast cancer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After her previous experiences with chemotherapy and radiation, she was interested in exploring a new treatment option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At her sister&#8217;s recommendation and with the support of her primary oncology care team at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Maribel enrolled in an immunotherapy clinical trial at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone testing&nbsp;atezolizumab (TECNETRIQ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The treatment worked and now over five years later, she is happy, healthy, and cancer-free.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions and Answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--42)\">\n<section  class=\"accordion-block align wp-block-acf-accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_83eb35fd72a020ef3d96db6e6f93f862\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<header class=\"block-accordion-panel-title\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How and when did you first learn you had cancer?<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion-panel-copy\">\n    <div class=\"block-accordion-panel-inner\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had cancer four times. The first time was in 2003.&nbsp;I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. One year later, I had a recurrence.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten years later, in 2013, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent time was in November\u00a02015.\u00a0I went for a regular checkup at\u00a0Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The doctors saw something in the MRI and ordered a PET scan and a biopsy. That is when they found out I had triple-negative stage 4 breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"accordion-block align wp-block-acf-accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_83eb35fd72a020ef3d96db6e6f93f862\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<header class=\"block-accordion-panel-title\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did you learn about immunotherapy and why did you decide to do it?<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion-panel-copy\">\n    <div class=\"block-accordion-panel-inner\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>At first, the doctors told me that my best option was to be treated with chemotherapy and radiation. Because I was treated before with chemotherapy and radiation, I really did not want to go through that treatment again. So, I decided to look for a different option.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sister, who is a nurse, talked to me about new research at NYU Langone. It was a clinical trial with immunotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I was not sure if I was going to enroll in the clinical trial. I asked my medical team at Memorial Sloan Kettering for their opinion.&nbsp;They told me that after plenty of consultations between professionals, the best option was to go to NYU and enroll in that trial. Their support was important to me and helped me to make the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two months on the immunotherapy trial, a PET scan showed that the tumor was shrinking. The tumor kept getting smaller and smaller with every PET scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s amazing because five years ago, I never thought I\u2019d be here today.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"accordion-block align wp-block-acf-accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_83eb35fd72a020ef3d96db6e6f93f862\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<header class=\"block-accordion-panel-title\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What was treatment like? Did you have any side effects?<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion-panel-copy\">\n    <div class=\"block-accordion-panel-inner\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>For the first two years, I was treated with chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy. I experienced some side effects from the chemotherapy like muscle pain and headaches.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the third year, the medical team decided to continue with just immunotherapy and the side effects were very mild. I was able to exercise again.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"accordion-block align wp-block-acf-accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_83eb35fd72a020ef3d96db6e6f93f862\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<header class=\"block-accordion-panel-title\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there things that surprise you about the cancer experience?<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion-panel-copy\">\n    <div class=\"block-accordion-panel-inner\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>What surprised me was the type of breast cancer: triple-negative. I had read that it was really tough to treat and the prognosis was poor. I was scared. It was a difficult time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"accordion-block align wp-block-acf-accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_83eb35fd72a020ef3d96db6e6f93f862\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<header class=\"block-accordion-panel-title\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What would you want another patient to know about immunotherapy or about participating in a clinical trial?<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion-panel-copy\">\n    <div class=\"block-accordion-panel-inner\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>I\u2019d want to let other cancer patients know that sometimes we need to take risks. I know it\u2019s hard, but don\u2019t be scared. 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