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Stories about Metastatic Breast Cancer

October 2, 2020  /  BY METAvivor

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Listen to and read stories about Metastatic Breast Cancer from 3 Black Docs, Our MBC Life, Good Morning America, Patient Power, and Cure. 

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The Path to Healing Can’t Be Found in Pink-Colored Glasses

October 1, 2020  /  BY Allie

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Tomorrow is October 1st, the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Or, as many of us living with breast cancer call it, the Pinkwashing.  This is always a hard time for many of us because it represents the capitalization of a disease that we live with - that is killing us - and we don’t benefit in any real way from it. 

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Stepping Out of the Darkness

August 13, 2020  /  BY Michael Kovarik Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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This week we hear from Michael Kovarik and how he came to his decision to step down as the METAvivor Board President. In doing so he has been able to reclaim balance and focus on himself through meditation and immersing himself in his garden where he can surround himself with the beauty and peace of nature.

Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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Don’t Count the Days. Make the Days Count.

July 29, 2020  /  BY Rebecca Finkel

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Today we have a special feature, a poem by Rebecca Finkel whose wife Flavia was diagnosed 16 months ago with de novo metastatic breast cancer to the lung, bone, spine and brain. Since diagnosis Flavia has had a Craniotomy and a second surgery for Hydrocephalus.  Currently all of her mets are stable. 

Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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METAvivor Research and Support, Inc. Announces New Board President

July 28, 2020  /  BY METAvivor Board

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Metavivor Research and Support Inc., a national non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC), announces its first Black president, Jamil K. Rivers of Philadelphia, PA.

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