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After feeling a lump in her breast, Yesenia made an appointment to get checked by her primary care physician. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) in January of this year. This type of breast cancer accounts for 10-15% of all breast cancer diagnoses and can be somewhat more difficult to treat. Her treatment plan has consisted of 5 months of chemotherapy starting in February, and more recently, a double mastectomy in early August. In October, she is scheduled to receive radiation treatment as well. Before coming to Dana-Farber, she met with a different doctor who gave her Dana-Farber doctor, Dr. Burstein, a great review. Yesenia checked Dr. Burstien’s reviews in the breast cancer community via Facebook groups and found that other patients thought very highly of him. She’s been pleased to be his patient and and finds it convenient to go to both the Longwood and Chestnut Hill locations. Neuroblastoma is a cancer often found in the small glands on top of the kidneys (adrenal glands), but ne