Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Navigating Treatment Side Effects

Naveena Nekkalapudi is a member of the Breast Cancer Trials Consumer Advisory Panel, where members provide a patient's perspective in the development of trials and the conduct of our research program.

Naveena was diagnosed with Stage 3, Grade 3, Triple Negative breast cancer on Christmas Eve in 2014, after finding a lump in her breast during a self-examination. Due to the long-term side effects of her treatment, Naveena is unable to return to full-time work.

However, she is still working part-time and trying to make a difference in the lives of other people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer