text size A A A

Mets Matters Blog

We address topics of interest for women with metastatic disease.

FDA Expands Tykerb Approval
Post Date: February 2, 2010 By Ilene Winkler
Categories: Metastatic Breast Cancer

Good news for women with metastatic breast cancer! On January 29th the FDA approved a new drug option for HER2+ metastatic women: Tykerb in combination with Femara.
» more

Coping with the Holidays
Post Date: December 15, 2009 By Kathy Hynes-Kadish
Categories: Metastatic Breast Cancer

The holidays are always a joyful and stressful time of year. Being metastatic and dealing with family and friends complicates things.
» more

October: What does it mean to you?
Post Date: October 13, 2009 By Ilene Winkler
Categories: Metastatic Breast Cancer

"Breast cancer is not pretty, pink, sexy, only for older women, the 'good' kind of cancer, fun, cured with a positive attitude, only for October." So says a T-shirt that's popular on the message board bcmets.org.
» more

Wrestling Alligators
Post Date: September 28, 2009 By Lilla
Categories: Metastatic Breast Cancer

You're walking down the street, you look pretty hot (and not because the sun is out!). You look healthy even though you're just coming back from a doctor's appointment where you've been told that the last PetCT scan showed progression and that you will be changing chemos . . .
» more

Real "Norma Rae" has died of cancer
Post Date: September 15, 2009 By Ilene Winkler
Categories: Metastatic Breast Cancer

Remember the movie "Norma Rae"? Sally Fields played a feisty young mill worker whose courageous fight led to the unionization of a notorious anti-union employer in North Carolina.
» more

 clear!