31 Days of October, support for virtual event

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The 31 Days of October event will be here before you know it!  We are setting up physical events but some of our supporters have asked for a way to do a virtual social media event. If you wish to do a virtual event, you can post some facts about IBC (from the list...

Deep Thoughts from Infusion Chair

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An IBC sister shares a thought with us and it was too powerful not to post.  While waking up from a little nap during chemo, I found myself pondering the idea that so many people somehow think that a less than expected and desired quantity of days with a beating heart...

New Research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute under the direction of Dr. Beth Overmeyor

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The IBC Network Foundation supported new research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute under the direction of Dr. Beth Overmeyor. The DF/HCC phase II trial of preoperative therapy for HER2 positive inflammatory breast  cancer.  The molecular analysis of inflammatory breast...

Dr. Google – Part 2

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Wow! I am just stunned at the censorship going on! A few weeks ago, a IBC sister pointed out a error on a google search. I wrote a note on facebook about it. It was shared.  Shared a lot. But there was an issue. My note was being pulled from people’s pages...

Dr. Google can save lives, but also can get it wrong.

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Please see update June 18, 2016 regarding this note.  Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I wanted to share something an IBC sister pointed out to me. She was searching for information on Inflammatory Breast Cancer. When she put the term in Google for a search, a blue box...

Pinktober – My Journey With IBC

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  *This article was written by Ashleigh Royalty Range on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. For the first time in my life, I’ve paid direct attention to October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It has taken on a whole new meaning for me now that I...