Our MBC Life

01/01/2025

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein
Happy New Year from our family to yours!

12/23/2024

The Our MBC Life team would like to extend a heartfelt message of love, hope, & strength to everyone this holiday season. May your holidays be filled with everything that brings you joy!

12/20/2024

Has your doctor ever used the other “C” word with you? In this clip, another guest shares her thoughts on what it means to hear that she could possibly be “cured” of MBC.
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12/18/2024

Have you been told your MBC was a “chronic” disease? Listen along as one of our guests discusses why using this term for people living with MBC is doing them a disservice.
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12/17/2024

Our MBC Life podcast producer, Martha, sits down with Dr. Farrah Shaw, Hematology & Oncology Fellow at UC Irvine, to share her thoughts on attending her first to present a poster on treating MBC patients with HR/PR- HER2+ disease, along with a Pik3Ca mutation with alpelisib and trastuzumab with promising response. One of her key highlights was meeting so many .

12/17/2024

Our MBC Life podcast producer, Martha, sits down with Joan Mancuso, patient advocate, to share her thoughts on Dr. Melissa Davis' powerful keynote. What was the topic? Racial disparities and why researching biological differences is essential to understanding efficacy and side effects.

12/12/2024

Welcome to our first "Our MBC Life Unplugged" episode, where we wrap up the fall season with an honest, unscripted conversation. What happens when someone is told they might actually be cured? It’s what we all dream of hearing, but when we started talking, it opened a Pandora’s box of questions:
Is a cure really possible?
Should I go off treatment?
What if the doctor is wrong and my cancer comes back?
This episode dives deep into these complexities and more. So, grab your favorite beverage and join us for a raw, heartfelt discussion you won’t want to miss.
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12/04/2024

Thank you for always highlighting these valuable resources and information!
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If you are newly diagnosed with MBC, you probably have many questions and concerns. People living with MBC have shared practical information and advice about what to consider in your journey.

You can find more information tailored for people with a new MBC diagnosis from those who are living with the disease, including why it is important to consider clinical trials early in your MBC journey at the link in our bio

Thank you to , , , , and for providing this information.

11/29/2024

Many people are unfamiliar with Postpartum Breast Cancer (PPBC), a little-known subset of breast cancer that occurs in women within 10 years of childbirth. This episode of our podcast delves into this personal topic for several members of our team.
Drs. Virginia Borges and Pepper Schedin are launching the first-ever clinical trial to prevent PPBC. Their groundbreaking approach involves giving healthy new mothers a brief course of ibuprofen as they wean their babies from breastfeeding. This trial holds huge potential for global impact, and the doctors need the public’s help to make it happen.
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11/27/2024

11/26/2024

Many people are unfamiliar with Postpartum Breast Cancer (PPBC), a little-known subset of breast cancer that occurs in women within 10 years of childbirth. This episode of our podcast delves into this personal topic for several members of our team.
Drs. Virginia Borges and Pepper Schedin are launching the first-ever clinical trial to prevent PPBC. Their groundbreaking approach involves giving healthy new mothers a brief course of ibuprofen as they wean their babies from breastfeeding. This trial holds huge potential for global impact, and the doctors need the public’s help to make it happen.
🎧 Listen (wherever you get your podcasts) or 🔗 to episode in our bio now.

11/22/2024

Many people are unfamiliar with Postpartum Breast Cancer (PPBC), a little-known subset of breast cancer that occurs in women within 10 years of childbirth. This episode of our podcast delves into this personal topic for several members of our team.
Drs. Virginia Borges and Pepper Schedin are launching the first-ever clinical trial to prevent PPBC. Their groundbreaking approach involves giving healthy new mothers a brief course of ibuprofen as they wean their babies from breastfeeding. This trial holds huge potential for global impact, and the doctors need the public’s help to make it happen.
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11/19/2024

Explore way to try and affect your tumor microenvironment with Dr. Amy Beumer.
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11/15/2024

Explore why cancer spreads and treatments may not work with Dr. Amy Beumer.
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11/13/2024

Have you ever wondered how our cancer metastasizes? Why is it that some treatments just don’t work? Can we as patients living with MBC alter cellular level activity? In this episode, you will hear the answers to these questions and more. Join us as we take a step back to the basics of tumor microenvironment with our guest, Dr. Amy Beumer, who will break down the science into smaller, digestible bites.
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11/08/2024

There are many ways to hold and soothe the grief we feel when we lose MBC friends. All forms of advocacy, finding community with those who understand, and individual therapy work are just three of them. What have you found that helps you? Please share with us below or leave us an audio recording at https://www.speakpipe.com/JustGottaShare

SHARE Cancer Support METAvivor Research and Support Inc. For the Breast of Us Young Survival Coalition Living Beyond Breast Cancer Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance Tigerlily Foundation

11/06/2024

Kate Bowler, Duke Professor, NY Times best selling author, podcaster, and a liposarcoma Stage IV cancer survivor, shares a reflection on remembering our people. Our annual “We Remember” episode honors those who died from MBC since last October and gives voice to the grief & love that endures after each death. We invite you to bear witness with us to this outpouring of love and remembrance.
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“Here’s to the life to be had, enjoyed, and savored in honor of the one(s) we miss.”

11/04/2024

Our annual We Remember episode honors those we've lost to MBC since last October and the grief & love that endures after each death. Please know that you are not alone in your grief. Together, we can take action in a multitude of ways to honor their lives, comfort our grief, and support our community, including working to decrease the estimated 116 deaths that occur from MBC each day.

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