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Jennifer Baker

Breast surgical oncologist and Associate Professor of Surgery at UCLA Health, director of UCLA's breast surgery fellowship.

Oct 9, 2026

10:39
Mm.
10:40
Um, and I think it was maybe just a couple days after the biopsy, maybe two or three days.
10:47
And, um, and obviously when I got, when I ha- did the mammogram ultrasound, the, uh, the radiologist came in and said, "You know, this is highly suggestive for malignancy." Um, well, she had said, you know, "We need to do a biopsy," and I said, "Well, what, with the facts that you have, with the imaging you have, what do you think?" And she said that.
11:08
And so then obviously, you know, pit in the stomach, just feeling really like, "Okay, it's possible, but it's also possible that it's still not."

7 MINS LATER

18:45
Mm-hmm
18:45
... that actually usually don't respond to chemotherapy, and we- they're generally pro- you know, treated with an anti-estrogen medication, although some of them need chemotherapy.
18:54
Jesslyn's did.
18:56
Um, there's the triple negative, the really aggressive kind that only respond to chemotherapy, immunotherapy.

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