Sarah Bokovitz, Breast Cancer Patient

Summa Health helped Sarah through her breast cancer treatment and is now celebrating 5 years cancer free.

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Sarah Bokovitz: "Five years ago, I was nursing my daughter Claire, and I noticed a lump in my breast and they referred me to Summa to get an ultrasound, and it showed a lump that was very concerning.

So they brought me back for a mammogram and a biopsy, which later revealed that it was cancer. And that is when I came under the care of Dr. Van Fossen at Summa. It was Stage 3C triple negative breast cancer. It had already spread to most of the lymph nodes in my arm and also my chest wall. I was absolutely devastated and terrified.

The treatment involved chemotherapy, surgery, a double mastectomy, 30 rounds of radiation, and then I was involved in a clinical trial after that. And the great news is I just celebrated five years cancer free and no evidence of disease. Dr. Van Fossen is one of the reasons I am still alive today.

And against all odds, I was able to get pregnant, which made Dr. Van Fossen cry. So Ben just turned three and now we're a complete family."