Sara Thomas Monopoli

when she was 34 and pregnant, she got

lung cancer

Sara Monopoli’s husband

Rich

Sara Monopoli’s daughter

Vivian Monopoli

who was Monopoli’s oncologist

paul marcoux

first drug that Monopoli tried

Erlotinib- was supposed to target gene mutation if she had one

when she got pulmonary embolism, they put in a

chest tube

what were the next two drugs Sara tried

carboplatin and paclitaxel

2008 cancer project showed that

taking extreme measures actually gave people a worse quality of life at the end

ars moriendi

art of dying

Sara wen through __ rounds of chemo

3

new drug under trial (phase 1) that Sara could try

Pfizer

why did Sara have to wait 2 months for Pfizer

had a pulmonary embolism

when Sara developed thyroid cancer, what was the main porblem

cancer in lungs might kill her first so did she really want surgery for the thyroid

becuase she was scared they would stop treatment, Sara never mentioned

numbness and blurry vision to anyone

3 days before Sara could start Pfizer,

she got pneumonia and was put on ventilator

Saras physician

Chuck morris

what did they do for Sara at the end

no extreme measures