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...

An open letter to Joan Lunden

Guest Blog

This is an open letter from one of our friends, living with IBC. She also guest blogs for the IBC Network. Also on a side note, about 40% of women diagnosed with IBC are also triple negative. It is time to talk.   Dear Ms. Lunden, I was thrilled to see your cover...

Statin and Inflammatory Breast Cancer

General, Physician Resources

The following is an introduction written by Dr. Ueno director of the Morgan Welch Clinic at MD Anderson commenting on an article ran in Science November 29, 2013.   We are very familiar with the desire of Dr. Ueno to research how statin can impact recurrence of breast...

Cancer, The Glass Ceiling, & Gail.

Guest Blog

In honor of TNBC day, I remember my friend Gail. This photo was taken one month prior to her passing. Gail was diagnosis with Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Inflammatory Breast Cancer, passed at 42 yrs old, 420 days after her diagnosis. She only lived a few miles...

World Cancer Day – Myths about Cancer Day

General

World Cancer Day… A day set aside to dispel damaging myths and misconceptions about cancer…so let’s start with common breast cancer myths as they might relate to Inflammatory Breast Cancer, IBC, the most fatal of all the breast cancers.  This...