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Cancer Cougar Strikes Again

October 20, 2014  /  BY Patricia Stoop

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Patricia is living with HER2 positive cancer in Canada. Read about her successful battle with the Canadian health care system to receive Perjeta.

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No More Illusions

October 15, 2014  /  BY Carol Powers

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Sometimes we lose patience with earlier stage breast cancer “survivors”, who simply don’t “get it” when it comes to metastasis.  But Carol Powers is not metastatic and she does indeed “get it”.  Here’s her story.

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METAvivor Awards Grants for Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

October 14, 2014  /  BY METAvivor Board of Directors

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Grants fund critical research to relegate metastatic breast cancer to a chronic manageable disease.

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Redefining Warrior

October 10, 2014  /  BY Ann Branaugh

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Today we post a speech that was given by Ann Branaugh on September 10, 2014 at a breast cancer fundraising event, where she was honored with the title “Warrior of the Year”.  Congratulations, Ann – well done indeed!

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Two Young Women Share Their Stories about MBC

October 8, 2014  /  BY Laura and Jess

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Not only is today’s blog about a young person living with MBC, but it is a double blog written about the same woman from opposite perspectives.  It begins with a blog by Laura, whose friend Jess was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 32.  Then Jess writes her own blog on living with MBC. 

I’m certain these two blogs will resonate with all our readers as they reflect back on their initial MBC diagnosis and what it was like when everything was new and it was a struggle to get a handle on the situation.  At the start it is a very steep learning curve, but all too soon we become experts.

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