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A story of a spouse, father, caregiver, and advocate

April 29, 2020  /  BY Patrick Quinn, Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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Today’s blog comes from the Vice President of Metavivor and Director of Finances. Patrick Quinn is the husband of Lisa Cooper Quinn, a stage IV metastatic patient with the BRACA mutation. Together with Kelli Davis they head up the largest national fund raiser for metastatic breast cancer, the North West Arkansas Metsquerade.
Barbara Bigelow, Editor
 

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Fear in the Time of Corona

April 23, 2020  /  BY Barbara Bigelow

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Most of you know that I am a blogger in addition to being the Editor. What you may not know is that my husband, Tim, also blogs. Recently he wrote a blog that seemed to resonate within my own metastatic community so I thought I would share it with you all here. It touches on many of our concerns right now. 

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Thoughts on being a Caregiver

March 30, 2020  /  BY Vinny Petrocelli, Edited by Barbara Bigleow

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Last week we were fortunate to hear from Karin Petrocelli and her passion for fund raising for Metavivor. Karin entered hospice in December 2019 with the support of her beautiful daughters and husband Vinnie. This week we are again fortunate to hear from her husband Vinnie about care giving and what he has learned in recent years from his partnership with Karin, a true letter of love.
                                                                                                                             Barbara Bigelow, Editor

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My Passion for Research

March 23, 2020  /  BY Karin Petrocelli, edited by Barbara Bigelow

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This blog post is by METAvivor board member Karin Petrocelli. Despite entering hospice care in December 2019, Karin has persevered and run this year's Southwest Florida Metsquerade which has raised nearly $200,000 for research in 2018 and 2019. We love the passion of our volunteers and their desire to fund research for metastatic breast cancer. Karin defines, with grace and humility, the very best of the best.

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METAvivor Extends Research Grant LOI Deadlines

March 17, 2020  /  BY METAvivor Board of Directors

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The new deadline for the Early Career Investigator LOI will be March 24, 2020 and the Translational Research LOI will be March 25, 2020. 

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