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!

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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

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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...

50 Quilts in 50 States for Inflammatory Breast Cancer!

General, Updates

UPDATE: September 20, 2022 This project was inspired by Sherly Mesloh. Her goal was to use the art of quilting to share the stories of women to foster conversation about inflammatory breast cancer. We are happy to say our quilts will once again be on display at The...

KILLER

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This post was inspired by the passing of Kate’s friend Rachel, who was taken by IBC at age 45, leaving behind her husband and young children. Everybody knows that when diagnosed with cancer, you have a serious illness. Everybody knows that cancer treatments are...