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METAvivor stops by Denton, TX to visit BCC founder Gayle Sulik during its Sea to Sea for MBC tour, 2015. METAvivor is a volunteer-led organization run almost exclusively by those living with metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer, or MBC. METAvivor calculated that MBC research receives less than 5 percent of all money raised . . . → Read More: Spotlight: METAvivor 
By Beth Fairchild www.metavivor.org The METAvivor non-profit was established in 2009 by a small group pro-active metastatic breast cancer patients who felt that the lack of research and support dedicated to their disease and to those suffering from it was just plain wrong. This year, the group planned Sea to Sea for MBC, . . . → Read More: Sea to Sea for MBC: Getting to Know the REAL CJ 
By Beth Fairchild The METAvivor non-profit was established in 2009 by a small group pro-active metastatic breast cancer patients who felt that the lack of research and support dedicated to their disease and to those suffering from it was just plain wrong. This year, the group planned Sea to Sea for MBC, a trip across . . . → Read More: Sea to Sea for MBC: Gas Monkey Garage & Welcome to Oz! 
We are sad to share that our friend Lisa Bonchek Adams died of metastatic breast cancer on March 6th. Much love and strength to Lisa’s family, friends, and to all of us who listened to Lisa’s sound and pointed perspectives on breast cancer. From Lisa’s Blog, The thousands upon thousands who knew and . . . → Read More: Lisa Bonchek Adams, In Memoriam – March 6, 2015 
LA Times, Laurie Becklund covered the war in El Salvador, writing stories that would change Americans’ perception of the war. (Elizabeth Rose Becklund Weinstein) Former writer for the L.A. Times Laurie Becklund, age 66, died on February 8th from metastatic breast cancer. Metastasis refers to the spread of cancer to different parts of . . . → Read More: The Unbearable Weight of the Pink Ribbon 
“Seeing Red During Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” By Anne Loeser, NPR. The public has often been misled by pink ribbon messages that exaggerate prevention and cures for breast cancer. The lump first surfaced in my breast in 1989, when I was 36 years old. My mammogram was completely normal. But four years later . . . → Read More: Seeing Red During Breast Cancer Awareness Month 
It is estimated that 20 to 30 percent of those diagnosed with “early-stage” breast cancer later develop a metastatic form of the disease, metastatic breast cancer (MBC). It is unclear which breast cancer patients will have metastatic recurrences, but metastasis is the major cause of treatment failure and the duration of survival after a metastatic . . . → Read More: Changing the Landscape for People Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
“Living with stage 4,” By Diane Mapes, Hutch News, Oct. 24, 2014. In a culture focused on survivorship, those with metastatic breast cancer who will be in treatment for the rest of their lives can feel isolated and misunderstood. An estimated 155,000-plus women (and men) in the U.S. currently live with “mets,” stage 4 . . . → Read More: Living with stage 4 
by Theresa Palomares Theresa Palomares from Houston, Texas is a woman living with metastatic breast cancer. She is one of the initiators of the Inspired Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocacy Quilt and METS Collage project, whose aim is to raise awareness of the lack of research funding for stage IV breast cancer. In August 2011, . . . → Read More: Stage IV Awareness: There is a Way |
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