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Lara Huffman is a writer, photographer, and advocate living with Metastatic Breast Cancer since 2020. Her mother died of metastatic breast cancer when Lara was 7 years old. Initially diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in 2010. Read more.
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Pulmonary Embolism, Cancer and Me

Last month, I had my first hospitalization since my stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis in October 2020. I had been dealing with an explosive stomach for 36 hours, and...

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From Marathons to Muscle: Redefining Exercise With Stage 4 Cancer

I was a long-distance runner before my stage 4 cancer diagnosis in October 2020. I completed 4 marathons, 19 half marathons, among different race types and mileage. Following my diagnosis...

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Saying Goodbye to a Friend

Several months ago, I lost my friend Ashley to metastatic breast cancer. A mutation of the PALB2 gene caused Ashley's cancer. Words cannot begin to convey how much Ashley meant...

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What is the PTEN Mutation?

Last fall, after a couple of scans and one excruciatingly awful biopsy, I learned that my breast cancer had come back to my sternum (specifically, the manubrium). I initially had...

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