Sue metastasized 20 years after her treatment for early stage breast cancer. We don’t know why some of us recur quickly and some recur late. There is so very much we don’t know about this disease and need to learn so that we can end these senseless deaths.
The Numbers Have Names Campaign: Remembering Loved Ones Lost to Metastatic Breast Cancer
As October approaches METAvivor will put metastatic breast cancer front and center in the conversation.
Alan Balch, Ph.D., is CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation. National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) is a national non-profit organization providing the patient voice in improving access to, and reimbursement for, recommended healthcare through regulatory and legislative reform at the state and federal levels. NPAF translates the experience of millions of patients who have been helped by our companion organization, Patient Advocate Foundation, which provides professional case management services to individuals facing barriers to healthcare access for chronic and disabling disease, medical debt crisis and employment-related issues at no cost.
Yesterday some comments were posted on Facebook about our income, expenses and grants. In this post I will explain how we manage your money at METAvivor.
Carole Miele writes of the 110 who die every day of MBC. We thank her for sharing her thoughts and allowing us to post this article.