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Released: 25-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
No One Missed, A Campaign About Biomarker Testing Expands to the Breast Cancer Community
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Living Beyond Breast Cancer is proud to announce the expansion of the No One Missed campaign to the metastatic breast cancer community. This multi-year, integrated campaign is designed to educate about the critical role of biomarker testing in metastatic breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Released: 4-Oct-2023 7:00 PM EDT
Living Beyond Breast Cancer Offers Diverse Patient Perspectives during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

This fall, Living Beyond Breast cancer, the national patient information and support organization, is providing expert patient perspectives on patients living with breast cancer. Connect with members of the LBBC community to discuss living with breast cancer, racial equity in breast cancer health, and body image and reconstruction.

Released: 17-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT
LBBC Spring Patient Experience Newsletter: Equity and Financial Toxicity
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While Keneene Lewis of Atlanta was undergoing chemotherapy in 2019, bill collectors were calling her home. Today, she encourages those she meets to speak up and advocate for themselves. Plus, new FDA guidance on the risk factors of dense breasts, and the petition demanding equitable access to DIEP flap breast reconstruction.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Patient Advocates and Health Care Professionals Call on CMS to Ensure Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today, urging them to reinstate a procedure code that is essential for access to deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction surgery. The numbers of those signing the letter and petition keep growing.

Released: 20-Mar-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Living Beyond Breast Cancer to Host 17th Annual Thriving Together Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer April 28–30, 2023 in Philadelphia
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Thriving Together 2023 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer, the nation’s premier and longest-running conference for people affected by stage IV breast cancer, will be held April 28–30, 2023 at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing as well as virtually.

Released: 2-Feb-2023 2:05 PM EST
Breast Cancer Patient Experience News Brief: Winter 2023
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

News and resources on the breast cancer patient experience, from Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Including sources on breast reconstruction options, a new monthly column, and recent research on young breast cancer patients' sexual health needs.

Released: 30-Nov-2022 10:55 AM EST
At SABCS: Sexuality and Fertility Discussions Remain Sidelined Among Young Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

A majority of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer reported significant sexual health impacts, which most health care providers were unable to help address, according to an LBBC study to be presented at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium®.



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