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Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Alliance Announces the Election of Shirley Mertz as the new Chair and Christine Benjamin as Vice Chair

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Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Alliance Announces the Election of Shirley Mertz as the new Chair and Christine Benjamin as Vice Chair

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The MBC Alliance today announced the appointment of Shirley Mertz as the Chair and Christine Benjamin as the Vice Chair beginning November 1. The MBC Alliance is a coalition formed in 2013 by a dozen nonprofit patient advocacy and research organizations, MBC patients and pharmaceutical industry partners who joined together to transform and improve the

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African-American MBC Focus Group Participants Needed for ‘In My Own Voice’

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African-American MBC Focus Group Participants Needed for ‘In My Own Voice’

Susan G. Komen is hosting a focus group event called ‘In My Own Voice’, for African-American women living with metastatic breast cancer on November 2-3, 2018 in Dallas,Texas.  This intimate gathering will educate attendees on the latest advances in scientific research and clinical treatment specific to metastatic breast cancer as well as engage them in

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Travel Scholarships Available for Advocates – MBC Conference 2018

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Travel Scholarships Available for Advocates – MBC Conference 2018

There is a limited number of travel scholarships available for patient advocates who need assistance to attend the Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference on November 15 & 16 in Baltimore, MD.* This is a Medical Conference with high level scientific content, however, we will also offer a limited program for advocates. It is recommended that attendees have experience in

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Introducing Metastatic Trial Talk plus the re-designed Metastatic Trial Search

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Introducing Metastatic Trial Talk plus the re-designed Metastatic Trial Search

Looking for a clinical trial? BreastCancerTrials.org (BCT) recently launched an upgraded version of Metastatic Trial Search (MTS) with improved search and filtering options. Now patients have even more customizable options for finding clinical trials. BCT also just launched Metastatic Trial Talk (MTT), a new companion application that provides patients with carefully selected news and features about metastatic breast cancer research.

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Komen Chicago Holds First MBC Conference

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Komen Chicago Holds First MBC Conference

Susan G. Komen® Chicago held their first MBC Conference March 8, 2018 with about 200 individuals attending in person or via livestream. The conference included a keynote address from Komen Scholar and Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Ben Ho Park with breakouts on TNBC, ER+ and HER2+ MBC; a MBC patient panel discussion and Q&A session.

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