A Patient’s
Perspective
D
octors have come a long way in treating breast cancer, but when
Carlette Allen received her diagnosis in late 2009, she didn’t know that.
“I was certain I was going to die,” says the 57-year-old Severna Park
resident. “I had never known anyone who had survived breast cancer.”
Carlette Allen (right), a
breast cancer survivor,
used her experiences to
work with Carol Tweed, MD,
medical director of the
cancer rehab program
(center), and AAMC to help
shape the cancer rehab
program and hire oncology
nurse navigator Matthew
LeBlanc, RN (left).
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