Voices of Men with MBC

bctt on August 1, 2018

The American Cancer Society estimates that this year about 2,550 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and about 480 men will die from metastatic breast cancer.

This month we link to the stories of men with metastatic breast cancer who are advocating for more research, funding, and support for men and women with metastatic breast cancer.

Finding Support Groups

bctt on August 1, 2018

Looking for a support group? We’ve collected a list of programs that provide support groups in person, online, and on the phone to help you find what you need.

CRISPR & Cancer

bctt on August 1, 2018

CRISPR is short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. And if you follow science news, you’ve been hearing it a lot lately. What do you need to know about CRISPR and cancer?

First, we’ve got a Wired video that explains CRISPR in 5 different ways, so you, too, will know what everyone’s talking about. Next up is an article on how CRISPR might be used to treat cancer. And after that, there’s two articles on the recent finding that CRISPR results in more DNA damage than initially thought–and may cause cancer.

Clinical Trials: Who Gets to Take Part?

bctt on July 1, 2018

Learn more about why more patients will be eligible for clinical trials. It’s also important to know if outcomes and side effects differ based on a participant’s sex, race or age group. The FDA’s Drug Trials Snapshots allows you to see who took part in the clinical trials that led to a drug’s approval and what, if any, differences were seen. And Cancer Today, pulls it all together in this feature on efforts to increase the number and type of participants in clinical trials.

Share Links, Give Feedback, Tell Us Your Story

bctt on July 1, 2018

Metastatic Trial Talk was designed to contribute to and advance the metastatic breast cancer community’s awareness of clinical trials.

Have you read a good article you think others should know about? Do you have a blog that focuses on metastatic breast cancer research or talks about your experience in a clinical trial? Use the form below to submit links, comments, feedback, your story–or anything else you want to talk about.

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Looking for a Helpline?

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Sometimes you want to pick up the phone and talk to someone who you know will understand what you are going through. Susan G Komen, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and Cancer Support Community are three nonprofits that provide helplines for cancer patients and their family members.

Chemo, Second Opinions & Disability Insurance

bctt on July 1, 2018

There’s many ways to hear from the experts. In this OncLive video, you can hear Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD, talk about chemotherapy options for patients with metastatic breast cancer.

On Living Beyond Breast Cancer, you can read this Ask the Expert Q&A wtih William Gradishar, MD on how to get a second opinion.

And in this webinar from SHARE, you can learn about options for disability insurance from Caroline L. Bersak, from the Family Center’s Legal Wellness Institute.