Thread by @Stickit2Stage4

Amy Treadway should be VERY ashamed of herself right now.
She used a #MetastaticBC womans' death to promote an organization that FAILED her and the thousands before her. 1/10 #bcsm

https://twitter.com/metuporg/status/1164524698094460931

Fact: Wendy had a TREATABLE kind of TNBC.
Fact: She found it HERSELF the way many women like her do.
Fact: Wendy was NED before her recurrence to Stage 4
2/10 #bcsm

Amy ignores all of that. She instead focuses on the same crap everyone has heard for over 30yrs yet hasn't moved the needle in the right direction.
3/10 #bcsm

She says: "the key..is early detection"

Fact: Up to 30% of those diagnosed with Stage 1-3 will have a recurrence after successful completion of treatment; which could come as late as 20yrs after initial diagnosis.
4/10 #bcsm

Amy says: "although technology has come far, treating breast cancer is still difficult when caught too late."

Fact: There's NO amount of prevention to fix that. Also, how DARE she patient blame ANYONE - especially in an article about the death of a Metastatic patient
5/10 #bcsm

Amy said: "mammogram could be the difference between life or death."

Fact: Mammograms are a DIAGNOSTIC tool. It assists radiologists in finding cancer that is already there. Her blanket statement is completely false.
6/10 #bcsm

Amy said: (Wendy's death) is a reminder "How important it is for SGK to continue doing our work"

What work is that? Really. I appreciate the local programs offered to people, however, I have questions...
7/10 #bcsm

This important work...is it:

The millions wasted on races for cures we don't have?
The millions wasted on prevention of #breastcancer that we don't have? The millions wasted on salaries? or The millions wasted on research that didn't go to #mbc?
8/10 #bcsm

The icing on the cake was when Amy said this: (Our goal) "reduce breast cancer deaths by fifty percent by 2026. "early detection is the key to achieving this goal."

After 37yrs, the magic # is 7 more to cut deaths by half? AYFKM?
And the KEY is NOT Research, it's ED
9/10 #bcsm

I want to thank Amy Treadway for confirming that @SusanGKomen has NOT changed one iota. Their new goal is the SAME one but with different packaging. Nothing has been learned. They aren't listening & by using #mbc deaths as a platform proves they still don't care.
10/10 #bcsm

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