Can you believe I was invited to pay tribute to “Wonder Woman” in Baltimore last month? It’s true! I’ve never been so proud or excited. At 60 years old, that’s saying something.
PUBLISHED April 16, 2018
Carolyn Choate recently retired from the TV production industry to write full-time. Diagnosed at 45 with stage 3 estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in 2003, she underwent two radical mastectomies - in 2003 and 2012 - without reconstruction. Carolyn credits Angela Brodie, Ph.D., and her discovery of the aromatase inhibitor, for saving her life and those of millions of women globally. In the summer of 2017, Carolyn and her older daughter kayaked from New Hampshire to Baltimore in tribute to Dr. Brodie. When not informing others about Dr. Brodie and the "living flat" movement, Carolyn enjoys gardening, cooking and RVing with her family and dog.
Can you believe I was invited to pay tribute to “Wonder Woman” in Baltimore last month? It’s true! I’ve never been so proud or excited. At 60 years old, that’s saying something.
For the record, I’m talking about my friend and shero, the late Angela Brodie, Ph.D., the world-renowned pharmacologist who discovered the aromatase inhibitor, Arimidex (anastrozole), for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer, considered by experts to be one of the most significant breast cancer breakthroughs in the last 150 years.
Brodie saved my life. She also saved, or greatly prolonged, the lives of many women — and some men — around the world whose particular form of breast cancer is fueled by estrogen. Arimidex, which is an oral anticancer drug, works to lower the amount of estrogen in the body. It’s one of three aromatase inhibitors approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Simply put, by depriving cancer of its energy source, cancer recurrence is vastly reduced.
For the record, I’m talking about my friend and shero, the late Angela Brodie, Ph.D., the world-renowned pharmacologist who discovered the aromatase inhibitor, Arimidex (anastrozole), for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer, considered by experts to be one of the most significant breast cancer breakthroughs in the last 150 years.
Brodie saved my life. She also saved, or greatly prolonged, the lives of many women — and some men — around the world whose particular form of breast cancer is fueled by estrogen. Arimidex, which is an oral anticancer drug, works to lower the amount of estrogen in the body. It’s one of three aromatase inhibitors approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Simply put, by depriving cancer of its energy source, cancer recurrence is vastly reduced.
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