Latest news from Living Beyond Breast Cancer on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/no-one-missed-a-campaign-about-biomarker-testing-expands-to-the-breast-cancer-community/?sc=rsin /articles/no-one-missed-a-campaign-about-biomarker-testing-expands-to-the-breast-cancer-community/?sc=rsin Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:05:49 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-provides-expert-patient-perspectives-during-breast-cancer-awareness-month/?sc=rsin /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-provides-expert-patient-perspectives-during-breast-cancer-awareness-month/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:00:51 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/how-women-overcome-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-and-bankruptcy/?sc=rsin /articles/how-women-overcome-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-and-bankruptcy/?sc=rsin Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:30:20 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/patient-advocates-and-health-care-professionals-call-on-cms-to-ensure-access-to-diep-flap-breast-reconstruction/?sc=rsin /articles/patient-advocates-and-health-care-professionals-call-on-cms-to-ensure-access-to-diep-flap-breast-reconstruction/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:30:06 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-to-host-17th-annual-thriving-together-conference-on-metastatic-breast-cancer-april-28-30-2023-in-philadelphia/?sc=rsin /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-to-host-17th-annual-thriving-together-conference-on-metastatic-breast-cancer-april-28-30-2023-in-philadelphia/?sc=rsin Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:30:22 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/breast-cancer-patient-experience-news-brief-winter-2023/?sc=rsin /articles/breast-cancer-patient-experience-news-brief-winter-2023/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:05:42 EST 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. Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/sexuality-and-fertility-discussions-remain-sidelined-among-young-women-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer/?sc=rsin /articles/sexuality-and-fertility-discussions-remain-sidelined-among-young-women-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer/?sc=rsin Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:55:33 EST 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(r). Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/tiah-tomlin-harris-for-black-women-with-breast-cancer-knowledge-is-power/?sc=rsin /articles/tiah-tomlin-harris-for-black-women-with-breast-cancer-knowledge-is-power/?sc=rsin Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:25:05 EST Living Beyond Breast Cancer /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-s-jean-sachs-it-s-time-to-change-the-conversation/?sc=rsin /articles/living-beyond-breast-cancer-s-jean-sachs-it-s-time-to-change-the-conversation/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:05:13 EST Living Beyond Breast Cancer