Approximately 2 percent of cancer research focuses on metastatic cancer of all different types. Research for metastatic breast cancer receives about 5 percent of that 2 percent. Since metastatic breast cancer affects 30 percent of all breast cancer patients, Metavivor has proposed that metastatic breast cancer research receive 30 percent of the breast cancer research […]
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Today is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. It is a day that patients fought to get for many years , only one day during a month of awareness. If you read yesterday’s post, you have a better understanding of what metastatic (or stage 4) breast cancer is. We thought today we would focus on why
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Tuesday, October 13th is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. You may already know that the funds you raise for The Side-Out Foundation support metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer. Maybe you read the story of Detective Julie Tremblay we posted recently, learning there is no stage 5. Perhaps you also saw the video Holley Kitchen
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My name is Julie, I am 37 years old and I am many things…. I am a woman, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a police officer, a beach and indoor volleyball player, coach as well as referee, and I am also what I prefer to call a cancer lifer as opposed to
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Results of the second phase of the Side-Out Protocol (Side-Out II) were recently presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), an annual meeting attracting professionals and patients from all over the globe. The mission of SABCS is “to provide state-of-the-art information on breast cancer research” and to serve as a “forum for interaction,
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You are so brave. I’ve realized over the years that those four words grate on the nerves of many cancer patients. I’m always up for a compliment, so I wasn’t quite sure why others were bothered by the phrase. Their explanation: “I’m not brave, I’m just trying to survive.” So I wondered…maybe I’m not brave.
Let’s find out what your breast cancer is really made of. So we can treat it differently If you have advanced breast cancer that has progressed through multiple treatments, you may be eligible to participate in a new research study. This study begins with a molecular profile of your tumor which is now available
Fairfax, VA — March 29, 2011 — The Side-Out Foundation is funding a study looking at a novel approach in treating patients living with advanced breast cancer. This clinical trial (SO-BCA-001) is laying the groundwork for biologically based treatments for breast cancer, utilizing molecular profiling of the patient’s tumor tissue to find potential targets and
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Gloria (AKA “Glo”) S. Dunetz, 74, who died Friday, August 20th at her home in Fairfax Station, VA exuded beauty, kindness, strength, and love. She was graceful, an actress and dancer with charm to spare. Her talents and charisma will be passed on to others through her family and friends, of whom there are many.
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