WCPO: Breast cancer survivor gets inspiration from nature
Rama Kasturi, a breast cancer survivor who received treatment at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation after a breast cancer diagnosis in 2007.
Her surgical oncologist and professor at the UC College of Medicine Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy said Katsuri’s case was especially tough. Katsuri had to find something powerful to motivate herself through it.
“The treatment plan kept shifting because we kept finding more disease,” Shaughnessy says. “Rama reached out to what gives her joy, and one of the things she loves most is walking through Burnet Woods with her dogs.”
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