Today marks the 27th anniversary of the death of Lara Huffman's mother from metastatic breast cancer. Lara was 7 years old. Her mother was only 40. Continue
The rate at which women aged 25-39 are being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer has doubled since 1976. Today’s blogger is one of these young women. Continue
METAvivor President Lori Marx-Rubiner has been selected as a featured breast cancer advocate by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Continue
Today's blog by Lucy Meeks sends a message to the public on what it's like to live with metastatic breast cancer. Continue
Guest blogger Patricia Stoop shares her story about battling HER2 positive cancer in Canada, and fighting the health care system to receive Perjeta. Continue
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. Continue
Four grants fund critical research to relegate metastatic breast cancer to a chronic manageable disease. Continue
Melanie Childers interviews METAvivor President Lori Marx-Rubiner for her "Badass Survivor" podcast. Hear about the history of METAvivor, the metastatic patient's perspective on "Pinktober", and why we are often cast out of the early stage arena. Continue
Elaine Schattner writes about the unmet potential value of cancer genome testing in this Forbes article, and METAvivor President Lori Marx-Rubiner weighs in. Continue
Ann was named "Warrior of the Year" on September 10, 2014. Read her perspective on the meaning of "warrior" as she battles metastatic breast cancer while raising young children. Continue