The MBC Project

General, Patient Resources, Physician Resources

The IBC Network Foundation honored to be a partner with the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. The MBC project is led by Dr. Nikhil Wagle, MD, a breast cancer oncologist and metastatic breast cancer researcher and directed by Corrie Painter, PhD, a cancer researcher,...

The person I can never thank

General

I feel like I owe my life to an ordinary woman I never met. She was just one more young woman, like a million others I suppose, looking forward to her future as she planned her wedding for the summer of 2004. But there was a small distraction. She noticed a persistent...

I Get To Have Another Another Birthday!

General

I have shared many times, eight actually about my joy over getting to have a bonus birthday post my triple negative inflammatory breast cancer diagnosed. I have shared my joy, my deeply heartfelt thoughts about the gift of one more birthday candle on my cake. I do not...

Lipstick

General

I watched Karen as she reached into her handbag and pulled out a deep red lipstick, probably a color she had worn for over 30 years. Then she reached for an eyebrow pencil and she drew on the brows that framed her clear blue eyes.  She peered into a small mirror and...

BOOK REVIEW: Being Mortal – Medicine and What Matters in the End

Guest Blog

Granted, none of us leave this Earth alive. But talking about death is still largely a taboo subject in our culture. With the advent of life prolonging drugs and technology, life can be extended. But such extension can be gained only at a cost in terms of quality of...