From Down Under: Stories of MBC
This month we share stories from women with MBC collected by Breast Cancer Network Australia.
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- Breast Cancer Network Australia: Stories of MBC
Patient and Advocate Perspectives on San Antonio
Hundreds of breast cancer advocates attended the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Below you can listen to their podcasts and read about how they’ve changed this conference.
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- National Public Radio: How Advocates Have Changed San Antonio
- Breastcancer.org: Heard in the Halls: Voices From the 2018 SABCS
- Breastcancer.org: Heard in the Halls: Voices From the 2018 SABCS-SABCS Through the Eyes of a Person With Metastatic Disease
MBC Patients in The News
There were a number of websites and news stories in October that focused on the lives and experiences of women and men with metastatic breast cancer.
Personal stories from women and men living with metastatic breast cancer can be found on Breastcancer.org.
Cancer Bell Ringing Angers Some Who Can Only Watch takes a look at a common custom through the lens of metastatic breast cancer.
Raising Their Voices brings you into the activism behind the metastatic breast cancer movement.
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- Breastcancer.org: MBC Patients Sharing Stories
- WebMD: Cancer Bell Ringing Angers Some Who Can Only Watch
- Cancer Today: Raising Their Voices
Speaking Out on Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer. You can learn more about IBC on these websites:
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Network Foundation
MD Anderson Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program & Clinic
This month we feature three stories by women who were diagnosed with metastatic IBC.
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- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation: Anya Silver
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network: Caroline Corriveau
- BreastCancerTrials.org: Trials specifically for inflammatory breast cancer
- Metastatic Trial Search: Trials that Include inflammatory breast cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocacy
Katherine O’Brien is a patient advocate for those with metastatic breast cancer. She has been living with MBC for eight years.