Voices Newsletter                June 2014   
Thinking ahead to October
Shirley
Shirley Mertz
Greetings!,

MBCN is working with the new Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance which is making contacts with various media outlets to educate others about metastatic breast cancer during the month of October. We are trying to get metastatic breast cancer patient stories included in October magazines. They have a long lead time and are interviewing now for stories.  

 

When a request comes in, we want to respond quickly. Please let me know if you'd be interested in being interviewed and photographed for a story. Email me at mbcn@mbcn.org, and include a short summary of your story/status along with your phone number so we can follow up with you.

 

Thank you, in advance, for using your voice and story to make a difference for all who are living with metastatic breast cancer.


Warmest regards,

 

Shirley

MBCN President 

 

 

 
MBCN Conference -- Agenda Highlights
LIFE WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
MBCN Annual Conference
September 19-21, 2014

REGISTRATION will open in July. Scholarship travel grants will be available. Stay tuned!


AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS: Topics will include:

GENOMICS
---It's in the news all the time. The key to truly personalized cancer care. Dr. Lisa Carey will help us understand what it all means and where we are in 2014


LIVING WELL WITH MBC---What you need to know to best cope with mbc


FUTURE TREATMENTS---A panel discussion of experts who will tell us what's coming down the research pipeline in the near term.

CLINICAL TRIALS---What are they? How do we find them? When should we consider them? What's offered at UNC?

RAISING AWARENESS OF MBC - what we do and what you can do!

PLUS over 20 breakout sessions on Surgical Options, Bone Mets, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition, Talking with Children, African-American women, Young women, and more....

Q and A with all sessions, Networking opportunities, connecting with others!


SAVE THE DATE flyer
Print this out and post at your doctor's office, cancer center, infusion suite, local library, community center; bring to your support group. We need YOU to be our Outreach in your community.

More information on
 
MBC Awareness Tshirts available
With all the summer/fall breast cancer walks, runs and fundraising events coming up, we want to remind you that we have an MBC awareness shirt you can wear to start a conversation on how metastatic breast cancer (also known as Stage IV) is different from early stage breast cancer.

The first 4 shirts are FREE. Additional shirts are $5/each.  
 
Share with your mbc friends


If you missed the June 12 webinar with Dr. Don Dizon on
News from ASCO 2014: What is relevant for those living with mbc, you can listen to it here: 
 
 
Good program and lots of good questions at the end. Thanks SHAREcancersupport.org for the program. Check out their upcoming webinar on  Why should I join a clinical trial?

 
Kristin's Story
   

"I wanted to share my story in hopes of reaching others, especially young women like myself, who are dealing with this diagnosis," writes Kristin, a 32-year-old mom who lives in Davis, CA.

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Check us out- we hope you like what you see. We've concentrated on Stories of those Living with MBC.
 
 
MBCN is a national, independent, nonprofit, all volunteer, patient-led advocacy organization dedicated to the unique concerns of the women and men living with metastatic breast cancer. We strive to help those living with metastatic breast cancer be their own best advocate through providing education and information on treatments and coping with the disease.

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