MD Anderson Moon Shots Program
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Inspired by America's drive generations ago to put a man on the moon, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has launched an ambitious and comprehensive action plan, called the Moon Shots Program, to make a giant leap for patients - to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths.
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See you in Philly on April 13 at LBBC Mets Conference
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer, the breast cancer organization we partnered with on our new brochure, is hosting a Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference in Philadelphia on the weekend of April 13 and 14. There's still time to register and there are still travel grants available. Click HERE for more information. Click HERE to register.
MBCN will have a table in the exhibitor area, so if you're planning on attending, please stop by and say hello to us. We'd love to meet you. Look for our banner:
| Ginny Knackmuhs,
VP of MBCN
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| Sue Axler--living with mbc for 16 years
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It's Spring- Have a fundraiser!
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We need YOU!
You were going to have a garage sale anyways, so why not expand it to include your neighbors and donate part of the proceedings to MBCN...
See our
- more ideas
- how to get started
- great way to raise awareness of metastatic breast cancer, celebrate your birthday or remember a loved one
- just read the guidelines
- complete an application
Any Questions? Contact Deb at:
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NYC area : SHARE program April 25
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Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 25 at 6PM for an exciting program sponsored by SHARE Cancer Support:
Promising Experimental Treatments
for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Dr. Tiffany Traina and Dr. Maura Deckler of Memorial Sloan Kettering will speak on clinical trials targeting the androgen receptor, primarily for Triple Negative Breast Cancer and four new trials for ER+ cancer.
For more information, click HERE.
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Two Video Stories: Jen and Susan
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Jen Smith, who was a patient introducer at our 2012 Chicago Conference, just posted this beautiful video with her 6 year old son, Corbin. Click HERE.  | | Susan |
Susan was diagnosed 12 years ago with
early stage breast cancer and had a metastatic recurrence 6 years ago.
View her story, as she talks about living with metastatic breast cancer.
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Have you ever looked at our blog? Longer than a Facebook entry but still short enough to grab your interest and provide thoughtful commentary.
The latest:
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