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MBCN is a national, independent, non-profit, patient advocacy group dedicated to the unique concerns of the women and men living with metastatic breast cancer.

          MBCN is THE proactive voice in the metastatic breast cancer community.

 

MBC Support Groups

Are you in a Support Group?

Check out our list of more than 60 Support Groups for metastatic breast cancer and send us yours if it's missing from the list.

NEW Groups: Paramus NJ starting Jan 18 click HERE.

Minneapolis starting Feb 9.

NEWLY listed groups: Eatontown, NJ; Royal Oak, MI; Berkeley, CA; Williamson County, Austin, TX

aiaAdvocacy In Action: 11 videos by advocates that you don't want to miss! Topics include Living with MBC, Access to Care, Subpopulations, Tissue Collection and many more... click HERE

 

 

survey

Wellness Cancer Support Community is sponsoring an educational survey on breakthrough pain in cancer. Please participate, so that meaningful programs can be created to address this quality of life issue.

 

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Got questions? We've got answers!

The diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer leaves us feeling isolated with our fears and questioning where and how to educate ourselves.

MBCN offers a Metastatic Information Kit. READ the info right here on our website, PRINT out pages you wish to refer back to or ORDER printed brochures, free of charge. LEARN MORE

Share with Shirley: The Results

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Many thanks to those who responded to “Share With Shirley” in which I asked you to identify metastatic breast cancer patients’ needs which, if met, could change outcomes in the clinic.  The responses, from email and posts to our blog, were very articulate and thoughtful. Click HERE to read some of them.

Know that I will share your messages strategically with various breast cancer organizations, researchers and scientists in 2012.  On January 26-27, I will be participating in the “Komen Roundtable for Metastatic Breast Cancer “ in Dallas. Texas.  Read more

 

Conference Highlights

2011 National Conference MD - Robert S. Miller, MD

MBCN 2011 National Conference - October 29, 2011
“Empowerment through Education”
What a weekend! -see photos
291 registrants from 24 states, Canada and England!

Dr. Robert Miller speaks about Metastatic Breast Cancer Basics - informative and interesting for newly diagnosed, as well as “old timers”.

More videos - click HERE

 

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Your Stories

Sarah - "Fighting Every Day for a Tomorrow"

I was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer at the age of 26. This occurred in the summer of 2007, while we were getting ready to celebrate…
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MBCN VP interviewed about clinical trial for Afinitor

Suzanne Hebert talks about her experience.

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October 13 was MBC Awareness Day

We are the organization that first lobbied congress in 2009 for this day, but creating awareness of mbc is a 365 day a year job. Get involved!

View the newest video in the Faces of MBC series. Diane has been living with mbc for 15 years!

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post to FB and Twitter: raise $1 for every viewing

New treatments for HER2+ and ER+ are coming

Findings from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium are good news for those with HER2+ and ER+ cancer.

Listen to Dr. Osbourne discuss pertuzumab and affinitor trials and...more on zometa and bone mets.