Financial Toxicity Among People With Metastatic Breast Cancer...Cancer drugs and treatments are vital for people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). They help extend and improve quality of life. But...reactions1comment
Positive Attitude - How Important Is It Really?...After receiving a cancer diagnosis, many people find themselves bombarded with well-intentioned family and friends offering advice. This advice takes many forms-books...reactions4comments
A Breast Cancer Manifesto for Men...Although around one percent of new cases diagnosed are males, going through breast cancer treatment affects people regardless of their gender. Therefore...reactionscomments
How to Manage Radiation Burns...Radiation therapy is a powerful tool that can help fight cancer. More than 70 percent of people with cancer are treated with...reactionscomments
Community Member Spotlight: Jessica Carroll...Our Advancedbreastcancer.net community is continuing to highlight our community members living with metastatic breast cancer. In this interview, we spoke with Jessica...reactions1comment
The Emotional Toll...The experience of a mastectomy can be traumatic and overwhelming, but it is possible to heal emotionally over time. With the support...reactionscomments
Tips on Falling Asleep and Staying Asleep...I want to talk about sleep, or lack of sleep, as it applies to most of us with metastatic breast cancer. As...reactions1comment
Part 2: Be Your Own Advocate...This is Part 2 of Be Your Own Advocate community story. To read Part 1, click here. I attended a Division Meeting...reactions5comments
Functional vs. Allopathic Medicine...First of all, let me disclose that I am not a medical professional nor am I a doctor. I have no formal...reactionscomments
Living With MBC...First, you need to know I was always an athlete. From the age of 4 all through adulthood. I was a vegetarian...reactions2comments
Why Genetic Testing Can Be Important...Editor's note: Kate is a patient-centered health advocate and not a medical professional. Although she likes to think of herself as a...reactionscomments
Medical Review Board...The Health Union Medical Review Board is made up of board-certified healthcare professionals with extensive experience in their respective fields. They review...
Still Infusing, Still Thriving...I submitted my diagnosis story in 2019. I want to talk about the last two years with metastatic breast cancer, No Evidence...reactions2comments
Is There a Role for Primary Surgery in Stage IV Breast Cancer?...Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women after skin cancers. There is about a 1 in 8 chance that...reactions2comments
The Physical Demands of Caregiving...Most caregivers, myself included, focus on how our experience affects us emotionally. I'm going to step aside for this article and speak...reactionscomments
Stage I to Stage IV...In 2010 I was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS in my left breast. I was successfully treated with a lumpectomy and radiation. I...reactions7comments
Wishing I Knew Then What I Know Now...My story started 5 years ago. A week after my husband left me I found out I had stage one breast cancer...reactions3comments
Digital Planning - My New Obsession...Back when the dinosaurs roamed, and before breast cancer, I had a job. It was a demanding career that had me going...reactions1comment
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Helping Her Feel Normal...I know what abnormal feels like. I know how awful it feels to think that everyone around you sees you as messed...reactions1comment
Community Member Spotlight: Donna Nelson...We sat down with one of our community members, Donna Nelson, and she shared how she is moving forward with life after...reactionscomments
