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| Rebecca Single |
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Rebecca Single has survived cancer twice and for the past 4 years has fought not only to raise public awareness, but to raise private research money to fight breast cancer on a volunteer basis at Emory University Hospital. A song she wrote for her fundraiser, Drive It Away, has just been released on the debut album, Erica Nicole, which was produced by acclaimed producer, Mr. Michael Lloyd for Curb Productions. Rebecca has also returned to a modeling career at Elite Atlanta and has been seen in print ads, runway shows and catalogs of Amoena, a company which manufactures breast forms and bra's for breast cancer patients. She enjoys living in her Peachtree City, GA home and raising her 12 year old daughter, Payton. Most recently she has co-written a song with Bobbie Cryner, who wrote Stronger Than I Am performed by Lee Ann Womack. She looks forward to writing more music and spreading her message of hope through her music. She came to be in the care of Dr. William Wood at Emory via her cousin, Dr. Phillip Lucas, a Cancer Researcher at the National Institute of Health. "Phil lost his mom (my aunt) to Breast Cancer when she was only 39. Phil called Ron Gress, the head of Cancer Research for the NIG and he referred us to Joanne Zujewski, the head of Breast Cancer Research at NIH/NCI. As she reviewed my file, I told her I would go to any facility in the world to receive first class treatment. And look, I am still here...lucky, right? Phil just told me cancer research money (up to 10%) is now being reallocated by the government to bio-defense spending. There is no better reason or time for the private sector to ‘race in' to save ourselves", explained Rebecca. "After successful breast conservation treatments which included chemo and radiation at Winship Cancer Institute in 2004, I was on the cancer free road again. However, on my 2nd anniversary, mammography detected early stages of *%^&*&^#* cancer in the same location. I have triple negative breast cancer but providentially, my lymph nodes were clear and there wasn't any metastasis. Thankfully, early detection spared me from enduring chemotherapy a second time. Instead, I was faced with the appalling reality of breast reconstruction. Dr. Wood told me some women will initially elect mastectomy over breast conservation therapy because they don't want to lose their hair. Believe me, losing your hair is so much easier than the distress of breast reconstruction", Rebecca recollects. "With Nanotechnology, cancer treatments cannot only eradicate your tumor, but patients won't have to agonize about losing their hair, breast or any other body part and can concentrate on living their life. Wouldn't that be the coolest, most humane invention ever?"
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