Maura Tierney Needs a Doctor for Breast Cancer
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| Maura Tierney Photo © Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images |
Maura Tierney is a supporter of breast health awareness, having given her support to the Komen Foundation in 2005, when she joined her fellow"ER" docs in Ford Motor Co.'s “Tie It On for the Cure” silk scarf campaign. Komen's ads for the scarf, which was designed by Lilly Pulitzer, featured the Women of ER - Maura Tierney, Laura Innes, Sherry Stringfield, Parminder Nagra and Linda Cardellini.
Ms. Tierney was set to star in NBC's new series "Parenthood," due to hit the air in September, but production has been delayed for eight weeks, until more is known about her diagnosis and treatment plans. Ms. Tierney has worked in television, feature films, and Broadway productions. She is a versatile actress, having acted in comedy and drama, and has been nominated and awarded for her film and TV roles. Ms. Tierney would like to be private about her health, but NBC's press release contained wording that apparently caused alarm. The press release said simply that the actress was "undergoing medical evaluation for an undisclosed illness."
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A tumor does not necessarily mean cancer, and as she stated that her diagnosis was not yet known, it is irresponsible to print otherwise. Please retract your statement.
Pandy, the actress herself said, “I have discovered a tumor in my breast which requires surgery.” I continue to hope it is not cancer. But her doctors have already biopsied it, which means she has a preliminary diagnosis (not a comprehensive diagnosis). She is expecting to have treatment following the surgery.
I would like to know if anybody has an update on what has happened with Maura since mid-July and her results.
To Maura Tierney with all our love…
Tell her to eat lots of fruits and plants and to stay away from Synthetic Chemical food. They were created for us. Plants and fruits are our meat and food. Chemical food burns inside of you i.e. cancer/rust, STOP eating Synthetic Chemical Food, which is not food, and your Cancer will stop burning you. Plants and Fruits keeps on growing and Synthetic Chemical Food Burns and Kills.
It is up to you!
Bonne appetit…
Love you all
One of God’s Creations
3 rats, one ate nothing is alive, second ate the content and died and the third one ate the box and manage to survive a bit longer but died. Funny but true story or experiment.
Not all early stage breast cancers are treated with a lumpectomy, radiation and hormonals. Aggressive high grade tumors like HER2+ and triple negatives or hormonal negatives are almost always, regardless of the stage, treated with an aggressive course of chemotherapy. Please get your facts straight – this type of assumption compounds the lie that all early stage breast cancers carry the same treatment and prognosis, when that is indisputably not the case.
The writer wrote that early-stage breast cancer MAY be treated with lumpectomy, radiation, and hormone therapy (e.g., Tamoxifen), not that it necessarily WILL be–though more often than not it is.
In fact, I know from direct experience that early-stage breast cancer is sometimes treated more aggressively: I had a mastectomy for DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ), in large part because of my relatively young age. But I’d just like to cut the writer a little slack here!
Ms. Tierney is an exceptionally gifted actress, and I hope we’ll soon hear that her prognosis is excellent.
L.I.
OMG God Bless her. I hope she recovers. She is one of my fav actresses!