Breast Cancer
Articles and resources on breast cancer for patients, caregivers, and family members
There are more treatment options available for breast cancer than ever before – and more are coming. Here’s an overview of the most recently approved medicines. Read More ›
ER? PR? HR? We can help you make sense of the “alphabet soup” of a breast cancer diagnosis. Read More ›
From meals to carpools, your community can help make life a little easier. Read More ›
By Kiana Wooten
In May 2019, Kiana Wooten went for a routine check-up. Read about how that routine visit turned into a breast cancer diagnosis for the 34-year-old Kiana, who had to be hospitalized during COVID-19. Read More ›
By Bethany Sell
Bethany Sell takes us through her thought process after learning she would have to lose her breasts to cancer, as she grapples with wishing to look “normal” but learning to embrace her new look. Read More ›
Edward Sawa was waking up with headaches that disrupted his daily activities and ended up being diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and breast cancer. Read the lessons he’s learned as a male with breast cancer. Read More ›
In December 2020, the FDA approved Margenza (margetuximab-cmkb), a new targeted therapy, for the treatment of patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, representing an important new option for patients with this type of breast cancer that continues to progress despite different treatments. Read More ›
By Judy Pearson
Judy Pearson describes her personal fight with cancer, providing a historical perspective on the war on cancer, which was officially launched in 1971, when cancer was believed to be contagious, showing just how far we’ve come, with new types of cancer therapies leading the way. Read More ›
Plunging from nightmare to nightmare, Serena was diagnosed with breast cancer, while her 39-year-old husband, Robert, had a stroke, which claimed his speech and movement, leaving him “trapped in a thoroughly trashed body.” Paying the medical bills added to their struggles during the pandemic. Read More ›
People with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) now have a new treatment option called Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy). This drug was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use specifically in adult patients with metastatic TNBC who have already received at least 2 previous treatments for their cancer. Read More ›