Medscape November 26, 2024
Rose Gerber was 39, mother to a third grader and a kindergartener, when the diagnosis came: Advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.
“On one of my first or second appointments, I took in a little picture of Alexander and Isabella,” Gerber said. Gerber showed her oncologist the picture and told her: “I’ll do anything. I just want to be there for them.”
That was 21 years ago. Today, her current cancer status is “no evidence of disease.”
Over the past two decades, Gerber has gotten to be there for her children. Her youngest is now a television producer and her oldest, a CPA.
In that time, Gerber has had one constant: Her oncologist, Kandhasamy Jagathambal, MD, or Dr Jaga, as she’s often...
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